Driver in wreck charged with meth trafficking

Published 5:11 pm Wednesday, January 8, 2020

MOULTRIE, Ga. — A man involved in a two-vehicle wreck was charged Monday with trafficking methamphetamine.

Colquitt County sheriff’s deputies responded to a two-vehicle wreck involving Jason Hopper and another driver on Highway 33 South and Trailer Park Road. Investigator Justin Searcy said he was attempting to assist Hopper in locating his glasses inside his vehicle when he observed Hopper trying to hide a small plastic bag from him.

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Inside the bag was 2.9 ounces of methamphetamine, Searcy said. Approximately $3,500 was also seized by the Sheriff’s Office.