West Virginia couple stopped in southern Ohio with 2 pounds of meth, sheriff says
Portsmouth, Ohio (WCMH) -- A West Virginia couple was arrested in southern Ohio early Sunday morning during a traffic stop with multiple pounds of drugs and firearms.
The Scioto County Sheriff's Office said that just after 4:30 a.m., authorities received a tip that a Chrysler with West Virginia plates was driving recklessly on U.S. Route 52 near the 522 exit. A deputy in the area stopped the car near Haverhill Ohio Furnace Road with the occupants being 27-year-olds Brian Adkins and Brittany Hall, a couple from Fort Gay, West Virginia.
The deputy saw a firearm under the gear shift of the car and then searched the vehicle, per the sheriff's office. He found a black drawstring bag with an Ohio State logo that contained over two pounds of meth, close to 0.2 pounds of cocaine, and a small amount of fentanyl. The total street value of the drugs found was more than $20,000, per the sheriff's office.
Additionally, the deputy found a pipe with white residue and $46 of cash in Adkins' pocket while finding over $1,200 of cash on Hall. Both were arrested and each charged with two counts of drug possession, two counts of drug trafficking, and having weapons under disability.
Both Hall and Adkins were arraigned on Monday in Portsmouth Municipal Court.