Driver Arrested After Traffic Stop Reveals Drugs and $20,000 in Cash

NEVADA – According to the Placer County Sheriff’s Office, a man was arrested following a traffic stop in Lincoln that found cocaine and nearly $20,000 in cash.

A Placer County Sheriff’s officer performed a traffic stop near the intersection of W Sunset Boulevard and Cincinnati Avenue in unincorporated Lincoln shortly before noon on November 27, 2022.

Deputies discovered a backpack containing nearly $20,000 in cash, a bottle labeled “Farmapram” containing 53 bars, plastic baggies containing 82 orange pills, numerous empty clear plastic baggies, a digital gram scale, and a plastic baggie containing a chunky/powdery substance, among other items, during a search of the vehicle.

A $100 dollar, two plastic baggies of probable cocaine, and half of a plastic straw were discovered during a search of the driver.

Deputies estimated that around 17 grams of suspected cocaine were discovered in the driver’s vehicle and on his person.

Justin Nichols, 27, of Ione, was arrested for possession/sale of a prohibited substance and possession/sale of sedatives.

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