Muffler, brake lights lead to drug arrest

LINCOLN COUNTY, Ky. (WTVQ) – No brake lights and a loud muffler land a

36-year-old Stanford man in jail.

According to the Lincoln County Sheriff’s Department, Dustin Flannery was charged with possession of meth, possession of a handgun by a convicted felon, drug trafficking and a variety of other offenses following a traffic stop late Friday night by Deputy Griffin Harness.

The traffic stop was on Highway 150 East for traffic violations, the department said on its Facebook page.

Harness seized suspected methamphetamine, 116 Xanax pills, Suboxone, Oxycodone pills along with marijuana, digital scales, suspected marijuana wax, a large sum of cash and a handgun, according to the department.

Two passengers were arrested for unrelated outstanding warrants.
Assisting were Deputies Nick Adams, Daniel Napier, Jake Adams, K9 Deputy Michael Mullins and Stanford Police Officer T.J. Godbey.