Two Centralia residents were arrested on felony drug charges following a Sunday morning traffic stop.
The driver, 21-year-old Blake Smith of East 3rd Street, was initially arrested for driving on a suspended license and on two outstanding Washington County warrants. During the search of the vehicle, two baggies with a total of 9.5 grams of what field tested as meth were recovered, along with a few small empty baggies, a digital scale, and a drug pipe with meth residue. Smith then had charges of possession of meth, possession of meth with intent to deliver, and possession of drug paraphernalia added.
A passenger in the car, 33-year-old Amber Berry of D’Ann Drive in Centralia, was arrested for possession of meth, possession of meth with intent to deliver, possession of drug paraphernalia, and on an Illinois Department of Corrections warrant. She was later released pending further investigation.
Police initially stopped the car after Smith allegedly tried to hide his identity in a south-side business parking lot and discovered the vehicle had expired registration.
