Over $3,000 Seized Following Traffic Stop That Ends In Drug Charges

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Knox County Police Officials recently arrested a man following a traffic stop on Sears Lane, in the Gray Community, on Saturday.

 

During the stop, officers discovered a plastic bag containing suspected heroin, a glass pipe with meth, a loaded handgun, and over $3,000 in cash.

 

Deputies are also said to have found a rock-like substance, with the man claiming he was on his way to sell it to someone else as meth.

 

44-year-old Kieth Bishop, of London, was arrested and charged with possession of a controlled substance in the 1st-degree, possession for sale/transfer of a simulated controlled substance, and drug paraphernalia.

 

Bishop was lodged in the Knox County Detention Center.