GRIDLEY, CA (MPG) – On Wednesday June 24^th, Gridley Police Department’s Officer Anthony Lara conducted a routine traffic stop that ended up removing a convicted felon carrying illegal drugs and weapons from the streets of Gridley.

At approximately 9:00 am at the Burger King parking lot in Gridley, Officer Lara stopped Jeffery Robert Lopez, 40, for an equipment violation. While speaking with Lopez, Officer Lara became suspicious of Lopez and, based on the information provided by Lopez, deemed it necessary to conduct a search of his vehicle. The search revealed that Lopez was in possession of 135 grams of methamphetamine, 16 grams of cocaine, several pounds of marijuana, two loaded handguns, two illegal knives, metal knuckles and more than $14,000 dollars.

Butte Interagency Narcotics Task Force was notified and took over the investigation due to the amount of narcotics found. According to a press release from the agency, BINTF measures a “dose” of methamphetamine/cocaine at approximately 1/10^th of a gram. Going by those measurements, Lopez was reportedly in the possession of 1,351 doses of Methamphetamine and 157 doses of cocaine.

Lopez was arrested on multiple charges including possession of a controlled substance with the intent to sell (11351 H&S), transportation of a controlled substance for the purpose of sale (11352 (a) H&S), possession of a controlled substance while armed (11370.1 (A) H&S), possession of a non-narcotic controlled substance for sale (11378 H&S), possession and transportation of methamphetamine (11379 (a) H&S), possession of metal knuckles (21710 pc) and due to his status as a convicted felon, it is illegal for Lopez to be carrying or in possession of firearms.

Lopez was arrested and booked into Butte County Jail.