Deputies with the Wise County Sheriff’s Office arrested a motorist on Christmas Eve following discovering drugs in the car.

Deputies Walsh and M. Mullins responded to a call on Route 58, between Coeburn and Tacoma Mountain intersection. When they arrived at the scene, they spotted drug contraband in open-view inside a vehicle. This led deputies to conduct a search of the vehicle which resulted in the seizures of a loaded firearm, guns and contraband.

The driver of the vehicle was arrested and was later determined to be a convicted felon.

Photo courtesy of the Wise County Sheriff’s Office.