A traffic stop in Olympia last week led to one arrest on drug and weapons charges

The Olympia Police Department confiscated hundreds of fentanyl pills, thousands of dollars in cash and more last week during a traffic stop.

Olympia Police Lt. Paul Lower said an officer spotted a truck with no license plates sitting in the parking lot of a closed bank at about 12:45 a.m. Wednesday, Nov. 30. Police approached the truck and found a man sitting inside, and they spotted brass knuckles on the floorboard. He was then arrested for a weapons violation.

In Washington, it is illegal for a person to possess, distribute or manufacture brass knuckles; a violation is a gross misdemeanor.

Officers began searching the person’s truck and found $6,214 in cash, 597 fentanyl pills, 39.2 grams of powdered fentanyl, 12.25 grams of methamphetamine, two Xanax bars, scales and baggies inside a satchel the person was wearing. Possession with intent to deliver was added to the person’s charges.

This story was originally published December 5, 2022 at 1:08 PM.

Ty Vinson

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Ty Vinson covers the City of Olympia and keeps tabs on Tumwater and other communities in Thurston County. He joined The Olympian in 2021. Before that, he earned his bachelor’s degree in journalism at Indiana University. In college, he worked as an intern at the Northwest Indiana Times, the Oregonian and the Arizona Republic as a Pulliam Fellow. Support my work with a digital subscription