HARALSON COUNTY, Ga. – A routine traffic stop on Nov. 13 led to the arrest of a Buchanan man after drugs and a firearm were discovered in his vehicle.
Sgt. Sam Swanger of Haralson County’s Crime Suppression Unit initiated the stop on Morgan Road after observing a vehicle failing to maintain its lane. During the stop, Sgt. Swanger detected the smell of marijuana coming from inside the vehicle.
The driver, identified as 64-year-old James Ellis Johnson, admitted to having methamphetamine and marijuana in the vehicle. Upon searching the vehicle, officers found the drugs in the back floorboard of the Chevrolet Equinox.…