On Friday, September 30th, 2022 at approximately 1:00 AM, Officer Wozniak with the Marshall County Sheriff’s Department initiated a traffic stop on U.S. 31 in the area of 14th Road on a maroon 2016 Chevrolet passenger car.
During the course of the investigation, a canine officer was requested. Marshall County K9 “Bear” conducted a free-air sniff around the exterior of the vehicle and alerted to the presence of narcotics. During a search of the vehicle, officers located methamphetamine and marijuana.
The driver of the vehicle, 49-year-old Mitchell H. Smith of Wesson, Mississippi, was taken to the Marshall County Jail and booked in for Possession of Methamphetamine and Possession of Marijuana.
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