K-9 helps Whitesburg police find pills, $2.3K during KSP traffic stop

WHITESBURG, Ky. (FOX 56) — A Whitesburg man was arrested on Wednesday morning after allegedly being found with dozens of opiate pills and thousands of dollars in cash during a traffic stop.

Trooper Matt Gayheart posted on Facebook that just before 10 a.m. on Wednesday, July 16, Kentucky State Police (KSP) had pulled over Charles Tackett, 75, when a pill was found in plain view in his vehicle.

Officers with the Whitesburg Police Department (WPD) assisted with the stop, bringing along K-9 Sully, who alerted law enforcement to the presence of narcotics.

KSP wrote that 30 oxycodone tablets, 17 hydrocodone pills, 2 Xanax tablets, and a Suboxone tablet were allegedly found in the car.

Tackett was arrested and charged with:

• Disregarding a stop sign
• Failure to signal properly
• First-degree trafficking in a controlled substance, first offense—10 or more opiates
• Second-degree trafficking on a controlled substance, first offense—less than 20 opiates
• Prescription controlled substance not properly contained—first offense

He was lodged in the Letcher County Jail. The drug investigation remains ongoing.