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MIDDLEPORT, Ohio -- Two North Carolina men were arrested on felony drug charges after a weekend traffic stop in Meigs County.
According to a release from the Ohio State Highway Patrol, a 2010 Mazda with North Carolina registration was stopped for speeding around 7:30 p.m. Saturday on U.S. 33. Troopers smelled marijuana and saw marijuana residue in the vehicle, prompting a search that yielded 3 pounds of methamphetamine and 30 grams of suspected cocaine, the patrol said.
The seized drugs are worth about $102,000, the release said.
Driver Jeffery Evans, 55, of Sparta, N.C., and passenger Maxamillion Millian, 20, of Elkin, N.C., were charged with possession and trafficking in methamphetamine and cocaine, which are first-degree felonies, the release said. They were incarcerated in the Middleport Jail.
If convicted, Evans and Millian each face up to 44 years in prison and a fine of as much as $80,000, the release said.