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Man: ‘My Cousin Said They Were Vitamins’
South Carolina man arrested on a charge of possession of amphetamines after a traffic stop on I-85 near Hamilton Mill Road.
A South Carolina man ended up in the Gwinnett County Jail after pills, which he claimed to have thought were vitamins, turned out to be illegal narcotics. A Gwinnett County Police officer patrolling I-85 northbound on Feb. 14 observed a Honda CRV cross out of its lane of travel and straddle the middle dividing line before crossing back into its lane. The officer initiated a traffic stop based on the violation and made contact with the driver and the passenger, later identified as John Wesley Washburn, 27, of Easley, S.C. According to the police report, Washburn appeared to be nervous during the traffic stop. “I noticed during my interaction with [the driver that] Washburn’s stomach was beating up and down and he would not make eye contact …
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