A Blairsville man could face charges of drug possession and driving under the influence in Jefferson County.
State Police say on December 26th around 12:46 AM, troopers were dispatched to the Sheetz convenience store in Punxsutawney Borough for a suspected driver’s license violation. Police determine that the driver, identified only as a 45-year-old Blairsville man, was driving on a suspended license. Troopers encountered the man in the parking lot, and while speaking with him they observed multiple visual cues of suspected drug-related impairment.
A DUI investigation was initiated and troopers conducted several field sobriety tests. The man was subsequently placed under arrest on suspicion of DUI, and when police searched him they found suspected methamphetamine, suspected marijuana and several items of drug paraphernalia.
State Police say the investigation is ongoing.
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