WASHINGTON, IN (WFIE) -
A traffic stop for an expired license plate
leads to the discovery of a meth lab and leaves a Montgomery man behind bars on several drug charges.
Thursday evening, an ISP trooper stopped a truck on Main Street in Washington for having an expired plate.
A
computer check on the driver, James Colin Truelove, 21, Montgomery, showed that
his driver's license that was suspended as a habitual traffic violator.
The trooper arrested Truelove and then searched his truck.
During the search of the truck, an active methamphetamine lab
was found inside the cab, as well as many items used to manufacture
methamphetamine.
Also located in the
vehicle was a small quantity of methamphetamine, 40 pseudoephedrine tablets, as
well as marijuana.
The Indiana State
Police Clandestine Lab Team responded to the scene to analyze and dispose of
the hazardous materials.
Truelove was transported to the Daviess County
Jail on the following charges:Manufacturing Meth, possession of Meth, Operating while Habitual Traffic
Violator, Possession of Precursors, Maintaining a Common Nuisance, Possession of Marijuana and Operating While
Intoxicated-Controlled Substance.
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