02-05-2025
Van Buren County Sheriff's deputy seizes more than one pound of meth, cash in early-morning traffic stop
VAN BUREN COUNTY, Ark. – A broken taillight led a Van Buren County Sheriff's deputy to discover methamphetamine and cash in an early-morning traffic stop.
Court records show 43-year-old Joeneal Lakeith Robinson of Damascus is currently held in the Van Buren County Detention Center on a $1 million bond. He is facing charges of felony trafficking a controlled substance and felony possession of drug paraphernalia resulting from the April 30 traffic stop.
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The warrant affidavit shows a deputy pulled Robinson over when he saw he had a brake light out on his pickup truck. In the course of the traffic stop, the deputy reported smelling marijuana, which Robinson admitted to smoking.
The deputy noted in his report that a 'pre-rolled cigarette' fell out of Robinson's lap when he got out of his pickup truck, which he admitted to the deputy was marijuana.
According to the affidavit, as the deputy searched the truck, he found a light-blue pillowcase on the passenger seat. Inside the pillowcase was an estimated 521 grams (1.15 pounds) of suspected methamphetamine and more than $3,000 in cash.
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The deputy then took Robinson into custody, according to the affidavit, and the pickup truck was impounded. The deputy then reported turning all the evidence over to a Drug Task Force officer who had arrived at the scene.
Records show Robinson has a June 2 court date scheduled.
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