A traffic stop Sunday night left two people behind bars on drug charges.
It happened in the Fleming Neon community of Letcher County.
Jenkins Police stopped a man and a woman and when the officer approached the car, he smelled a strong odor of marijuana. He also recognized the driver, Emory Mullins, and knew he was driving on a suspended license.
When the officer searched the car, he found more than seven ounces of meth and $1,169 in cash.
Mullins and the woman, Samantha Callihan, were arrested.
Mullins is charged with operating on a suspended license, possession of an open alcoholic beverage in a vehicle, trafficking in a controlled substance, possession of drug paraphernalia, possession of marijuana and other traffic violations.
Callihan is charged with trafficking in a controlled substance, possession of drug paraphernalia, possession of marijuana and public intoxication.
Both were taken to the Letcher County Jail.
Picture courtesy of WYMT/Letcher County Jail