Phelps, KY (WMDJ) - Two Pike County residents were arrested after a state trooper discovered meth and drug paraphernalia during a traffic stop earlier this week.
Kentucky State Police said a trooper was patrolling along KY 194 in the Phelps area on October 8 when they saw a Chevrolet Silverado with a broken brake light and the driver not wearing a seat belt. The vehicle also failed to signal while turning onto Abes Branch.
The trooper stopped the truck and identified the driver as 59-year-old Ira New of Freeburn and the passenger as 47-year-old Hattie Duty of Phelps. During the stop, New reportedly pulled a bag containing a white powdery substance and three pills from his pocket.
Duty consented to a vehicle search, where officers said they found a glass pipe, a small handgun, a digital scale, and about 50 grams of suspected methamphetamine.
Both were taken to the Pike County Detention Center. Duty was charged with trafficking in methamphetamine and possession of drug paraphernalia. New faces the same trafficking charge, along with possession and traffic violations.
