Traffic stop leads to drug bust, two arrests


Sloane Book was arrested April 16 on charges of possession of cocaine, possession of drug paraphernalia and possession of a controlled substance.
Sloane Book was arrested April 16 on charges of possession of cocaine, possession of drug paraphernalia and possession of a controlled substance.
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Deputies on patrol near Boulder Rock Drive stopped a Volkswagen Golf with a broken windshield .

But when they approached the car, they smelled burnt marijuana, according to a Sheriff’s Office news release.

Two people were inside, and deputies asked the driver, Sloane Book, if they could search the car for drugs.

She said no, but deputies walked a police dog, Tag, around the outside of the car, and the dog indicated that there were drugs inside, according to the news release.

The passenger, 40-year-old Cleo Holmes III, cooperated with the deputies. They searched him and found 46 Methadone pills and 41 Propranolol Hydrochloride pills in a pill bottle in his front pocket, along with two small bags of marijuana and more than $800 cash.

They found seven bags of cocaine, four Dilaudid pills, syringes, spoons and other drug paraphernalia in the car, according to the release.

Deputies arrested Book on charges of possession of cocaine, two counts of possession of paraphernalia and possession of a controlled substance.

They arrested Holmes on charges of possession of marijuana under 20 grams, possession of a legend drug without a prescription and possession of a controlled substance without a prescription.

Both were taken to the Flagler County jail.
 

 


 

 

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