A man and woman were arrested after a large amount of drugs were found in the car during a traffic stop in Charlotte County on Sunday.
According to the Charlotte County Sheriff's Office, Christopher James Smith, 37, was driving near Tuckers Grade Boulevard and Tamiami Trial in Punta Gorda around 5:30 p.m..
CCSO said a deputy saw a light green pickup truck with Georgia tags failing to stay in its lane.
The driver was slurring his words while talking to deputies. The deputy asked Smith to get out of the car and requested EMS to medically clear him.
Smith's passenger, Ashley Elaine Winters, 39, stayed in the car.
The K-9 alerted deputies that there were drugs inside the car.
CCSO said deputies searched the truck and found:
- 3.5g of crack cocaine
- 1.8g of fentanyl
- .3g of MDMA
- 26.7g of methamphetamine
- 192.7g of marijuana
- .1g of oxycodone
- 102 whole and 8 half tablets of clenbuterol
- 55g of THC gummies
- 3 orange suboxone tablets
- 2 needles loaded with liquid
- Digital scale and empty baggies
The report states items were tested and proved to be drugs. Deputies also found (medical marijuana, identifications, social security, and VA cards) that did not belong to Smith.
Winters told deputies which items belonged to her.
She was on felony probation out of Lee County for 2 counts of possession of a controlled substance.
The dup was arrested and taken to the Charlotte County Jail.
Smith was charged with:
- Amphetamine – Trafficking More Than 14 Grams
- Possess Marijuana over 20 grams (192.7 grams)
- Possession of controlled substance with intent to sell (marijuana)
- Possess Control Substance without Prescription (fentanyl)
- Possess Control Substance without Prescription (oxycodone)
- Possess Control Substance without Prescription (MDMA)
- Possess Control Substance without Prescription (Crack cocaine/cocaine)
- Possess Control Substance without Prescription (Clenbuterol)
- Possess Control Substance without Prescription (Suboxone)
- Drug Paraphernalia – Possession or Use Of
- Unlawful possession of the personal identification/information of another person
Winters was charged with:
- Possess Control Substance without Prescription (fentanyl)
- Drug Paraphernalia – Possession or Use Of
- Violation of probation or community control
Smith is being held at the Charlotte County Jail with a bond of $35,500.00.
Winters is being held without bond because she violated her probation out of Lee County.
