MOULTRIE, Ga. — It was a bad break– or specifically bad brake light — for a couple of Colquitt County residents who face multiple drug charges, including meth-trafficking, in connection with a Dec. 27 traffic stop.

Police say that in addition to methamphetamine, suspected cocaine and marijuana were found in the 2005 Honda Civic.

It started at 12:51 a.m. with a traffic stop by a Moultrie Police Department officer, said Sgt. Justin Searcy of the Colquitt County Sheriff’s Office’s Drug Enforcement Team.

The Moultrie officer “conducted a traffic stop of a red Honda Civic for a brake light infraction,” he said. “He was backed up by a sheriff’s office deputy.” The Moultrie officer detected the odor of marijuana emanating from the car, Searcy said.

“A search incident to arrest located approximately 2.7 ounces of crystal meth, almost five ounces of marijuana and another possible approximately five grams of cocaine,” Searcy said. “At that time the DET was called to process the scene.”

He added that it was a good example of a traffic stop and further investigation as well as teamwork between the agencies.

Searcy estimated the street value of the drugs at between $2,000 to $2,500.

Amber Celeste McMurphy, 23, 347 Mill Pond Road, and Larry Anderson Jr., 29, 519 Third St. S.W., were each charged with trafficking methamphetamine, possession of marijuana with intent to distribute and possession of cocaine with intent to distribute.

McMurphy, who was driving, also was charged with a brake light violation. In an unrelated incident, a Norman Park man is accused of possessing methamphetamine after deputies went to his 2607 R.L. Sears Road residence at about 5 p.m. on Dec. 27 to serve an arrest warrant on another charge.

“Timothy Mark Tillman, 52, was arrested on an active probation violation warrant,” Searcy said.

 “During a search incident to that arrest (officers) located methamphetamine.”