SPRINGFIELD TOWNSHIP, Ohio (WOIO) – Springfield Township Police arrested a man wearing a “Retired Drug Dealer” t-shirt Monday with 24 grams of meth in his car.
According to a social media post from Springfield Township Police, an Uber passenger texted 911 after the driver, Robert Rose, mentioned he had a false-bottom aerosol can in the car with methamphetamine inside.
The post said an officer spotted the same vehicle the next day and conducted a traffic stop on Massillon Road near Cates Drive.
Police found the following inside the car:
- A false-bottom aerosol can with 24 grams of methamphetamine (four times the bulk amount)
- Four pills
- Meth pipe
- Digital Scale
- Packaging baggies
- Cash
- Three cell phones
Rose, 47, denied owning the aerosol can before police found it inside the vehicle.
Rose faces charges of drug trafficking, possession of felony drugs, and possession of drug paraphernalia.
The case is due to go to a grand jury on July 2, according to court records.
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