ANGELINA COUNTY, TX- A Texas Department of Public Safety K-9 unit seized

approximately five and half pounds of methamphetamine during a Jan. 31 traffic

stop on US 59, near Diboll.

 

Around 11:30 a.m., a DPS trooper stopped a northbound 2000 Chevrolet passenger

van for an equipment violation. After noticing inconsistencies and nervousness not

usually associated with such a traffic violation, the Trooper asked for and received

consent to search the Chevrolet.

 

The DPS Trooper used his K-9 partner and discovered the methamphetamine.

The driver of the vehicle was identified as 51-year-old Chester Stitts from

Jonesboro Arkansas.

 

Stitts was taken into custody for Possession of a Controlled Substance (F1) and

transported to the Angelina County Jail.