TWO CHRISTIAN COUNTY MEN FACE FELONY DRUG CHARGES FOLLOWING A TRAFFIC STOP MONDAY AFTERNOON. AT APPROXIMATELY 12:39PM ,KENTUCKY STATE POLICE STOPPED A ‘99 FORD EXPEDITION OPERATED BY 26-YEAR-OLD JAMES MITCHELL OF HOPKINSVILLE FOR SPEEDING ON SHAW OVIL ROAD EAST OF FEARSVILLE. UPON APPROACHING THE VEHICLE, THE OFFICER DETECTED THE ODOR OF MARIJUANA AND A STRONG CHEMICAL ODOR. A SEARCH OF THE VEHICLE REVEALED ETHER AND SEVERAL OTHER ITEMS COMMONLY USED TO MANUFACTURE METHAMPHETAMINE. SUSPECTED METHAMPHETAMINE IN INDIVIDUAL BAGS AND SCALES WERE ALSO FOUND IN THE VEHICLE. MITCHELL AND HIS PASSENGER 23-YEAR-OLD CHARLES DANIELS OF HOPKINSVILLE WERE BOTH CHARGED WITH1ST DEGREE POSSESSION CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE –METH, MANUFACTURING METHAMPHETAMINE, 1ST DEGREE TRAFFICKING CONTROLLED IN A SUBSTANCE. MITCHELL WAS ADDITIONALLY CHARGED WITH POSSESSION OF MARIJUANA, POSSESSION OF DRUG PARAPHERNALIA, SPEEDING AND NO INSURANCE. THE MEN WERE ARRESTED WITHOUT INCIDENT AND WERE LODGED IN THE CHRISTIAN COUNTY JAIL.
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