Drugs are seized, driver is charged
By From staff reports
Published in News on September 13, 2016 9:57 AM
A traffic stop on Sept. 5 yielded sheriff's deputies seizing a large amount of drugs from a LaGrange man's car, a press release from the Wayne County Sheriff's Office says.
According to the release, Michael Jashon Collie, 33, of 204 N. Hadden St., LaGrange, was stopped on Sept. 5 on U.S. 70 West.
During the traffic stop, deputies with the Wayne County Sheriff's Office Aggressive Criminal Enforcement Team and the sheriff's office drug squad found nearly 60 grams of cocaine and 940 grams of marijuana in the car.
Deputies also recovered a stolen firearm.
Collie was arrested and charged with trafficking cocaine by possession, trafficking cocaine by transportation, possession with intent to sell or deliver marijuana and possession of a stolen firearm.
Collie was given a $200,000 secured bond on the charges.