Somerset deputies arrest man accused of getting into car with backpack holding drugs
SOMERSET, Ky. (FOX 56) — A drug investigation on Thursday led to a Somerset man being accused of having a backpack that contained methamphetamine, marijuana, and pills during a search on Tuesday.
According to the Pulaski County Sheriff's Office, it all started with the Narcotics Division on Tuesday, April 28, at a local Red Roof Inn.
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Investigators said multiple people went in and out of the building throughout the morning before Robert Glen Coomer, 41, of Somerset, walked out of a room with a backpack and got into the passenger door of a car before heading onto Highway 914.
Authorities following Coomer noted the vehicle he was a passenger in had a 'verify proof' status for its insurance. Detectives saw that the vehicle was going faster than the posted speed limit, so they pulled it over.
Court documents show that deputies asked the driver to search the vehicle, which the driver consented to. Law enforcement found a backpack that allegedly belonged to Coomer, holding 107.6 grams of suspected methamphetamine, marijuana, a hydrocodone tablet, digital scales, baggies, and a glass smoking pipe. He allegedly had $463 in his front pocket.
Coomer was arrested and charged with:
Trafficking in greater than or equal to 2 grams of methamphetamine
Possession of drug paraphernalia
Possession of marijuana
Possession of an unspecified controlled substance
He was lodged in the Pulaski County Detention Center on a $20,000 bond.
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The drug investigation remains ongoing.
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