During the early evening hours of Saturday June 14th, Deputy Stokes of the Linn County Sheriff’s Office was conducting a community patrol in the area between Mound City and Sugar Valley Lakes. Deputy Stokes made a proactive stop on a vehicle for an equipment violation which he observed on Pain Road. Upon contact with the driver, Deputy Stokes became suspicious that there were drugs concealed in the vehicle and called for a K9 unit. Due to Linn County’s K9 handler being out due to an injury, a request was sent to the Anderson County Sheriff’s Office who responded by sending their K9 and handler, Deputy Austin Jones.
When Deputy Jones arrived on scene his K9 alerted that drugs were concealed in the vehicle resulting in a search of the vehicle. During the search of the vehicle the deputies discovered 1lb, 12 oz. of methamphetamine that was destined to poison our community.
The Linn County Sheriff’s Office would like to thank the Anderson County Sheriff’s Office for their assistance during this incident. This is a great example of proactive community patrolling by our deputies and cooperation between law enforcement agencies.
