TERRELL, Texas — A traffic stop on Saturday yielded an arrest and a large narcotics bust, the Terrell Police Department announced Monday morning.
TERRELL, Texas — A traffic stop on Saturday yielded an arrest and a large narcotics bust, the Terrell Police Department announced Monday morning.
At approximately 7:43 p.m., on Saturday, a Terrell police officer on patrol in the area of South Ann Street and West Grove Street when he observed a gray Ford Expedition commit a traffic offense, according to Terrell Police Department Captain A.D. Sansom.
The officer initiated a traffic stop in the 500 block of West Moore Avenue.
"Upon contact the operator was not to not have a valid driver’s license," stated Sansom. "While looking for his insurance he began to act suspiciously and the officer noticed an open container of alcohol in the vehicle."
A secondary officer and a narcotics investigator arrived on scene and a lawful search was conducted to search for other open containers, according to Sansom.
"During the search, three additional open alcohol containers were found," stated Sansom. "While searching for more open alcohol containers, both officer could smell a strong chemical odor consistent with phencyclidine (PCP)."
Officers also located two small empty glass vials, commonly used to contain PCP, and a small plunger, commonly used to transfer PCP from vial to vial to sell the narcotic, with suspected PCP residual.
"The officer began questioning the driver about the odor and the paraphernalia, at which time he openly admitted that he had just smoked PCP in the car not long before the traffic stop," stated Sansom.
Officers continued their search and located a large glass vile, with a black lid, in the driver area of the vehicle. The vial contained a small amount of a liquid substance believed to be PCP.
"Once he was advised that he was under arrest he was told that if he had any other illegal contraband on him, he needed to produce it before entering the detention center," stated Sansom. "The subject then smiled and advised that he did in fact have more PCP on his person, and that it was concealed in his pants."
Emory pulled a donut bag from his pants which contained 34 small glass vials of suspected PCP weighing at 13.6 grams, 22 small plastic bags with suspected powder cocaine weighing 5.8 grams, and nine small yellow transparent baggies containing suspected crack cocaine weighing 1.5 grams. The narcotics were field tested and indicated presumptive positive for the respective narcotics.
"Officers took possession of this bag and then located approximately $132 dollars in the vehicle in denominations consistent with drug sales," stated Sansom.
The vehicle Emory was driving was also impounded, according to Sansom.
Emory, of Terrell, was charged with manufacture or delivery of a controlled substance in penalty group 2 or 2A greater than or equal to four grams and less than 400 grams and held on a $200,000 bond, manufacture or delivery of a controlled substance in penalty group 1 greater than or equal to four grams and less than 400 grams with a $200,000 bond, and manufacture or delivery of a controlled substance in penalty group 1 greater than or equal to one grams and less than four grams with a $150,000 bond.
A passenger in the vehicle was found to not be in possession of narcotics or active warrants and was released.
