Drug Arrest Made By Trussville PD After Traffic Stop

TRUSSVILLE, AL — Two men face drug charges after Trussville police stopped a vehicle for a switched license plate Jan. 25. A Trussville Tribune report said the traffic stop occurred on South Chalkville Road, near the intersection of Main Street.

Jeremiah Joseph Ashe, 36, and David Nathan Ashe, 40, were charged with unlawful possession of a controlled substance and possession of drug paraphernalia, according to police.

Officers stopped the vehicle because if the swapped tag and then discovered suboxone strips, heroin, hypodermic needles, spoons with drug residue, a digital scale and a debit card that did not belong to either man in the vehicle, according to the Trussville Tribune report.

Read the full report in the Trussville Tribune.