A Tenaha man was arrested and charged with seven felonies, including Intent to Distribute and money laundering that resulted from a traffic stop early Tuesday morning in Center.

Also taken into possession were an assortment of drugs, a gun and over $30,000 in suspected drug money was seized.

Center Police arrested 25-year old Benny Earl Holmes after he was observed leaving Wal-mart with no headlights on around 1:30 a.m.

Center PD Sgt. Scott Burkhalter stopped Holmes and smelled a strong odor of marijuana and placed him into custody.

K9 officer “Taz”, along with fellow officer Jake Gross and Shelby County Deputies Michael Griffin and Bradley Horton assisted.

The investigation revealed a .380 and two large bags of marijuana in the floorboard of the vehicle. Also, 13.6 grams of meth, powder cocaine, over a quarter-pound of marijuana, a large amount of assorted pills, the currency and a pistol.

Benny Earl Holmes