SHINNSTON, W.Va. (WBOY) — A woman has been charged after officers found methamphetamine and fentanyl during a traffic stop in Harrison County.

On Aug. 17, deputies with the Harrison County Sheriff’s Department were patrolling in the area near the Lincoln Apartments in Shinnston when they saw a vehicle displaying a registration belonging to a different vehicle pull onto W.Va. Rt. 20, according to a criminal complaint.

Deputies then performed a traffic stop on the vehicle at Jimbo’s Burritos where they made contact with the vehicle’s driver, identified as Candi Blake, 39, and another person in the vehicle who had a capias warrant from Marion County, deputies said.

After placing the wanted person under arrest, a K-9 unit was deployed to perform a free air sniff in the area of the vehicle which resulted in the K-9 giving a positive indication for the presence of narcotics, according to the complaint.

Deputies then searched the vehicle and found Blake’s purse, which contained “a large sum” of U.S. currency and “associated paraphernalia for presumed drug distribution,” such as aluminum foil strips, torch lighters and a “scraper,” deputies said.

After that, Blake requested to speak with deputies and “surrendered a small plastic container from inside her clothing” which contained 4.4 grams of methamphetamine, 3.75 grams of fentanyl, two alprazolam pills, a “metal ‘tooter’ for smoking or snorting illicit drugs” and a strip of aluminum foil with a “burnt/melted brown substance,” according to the complaint.

Blake has been charged with possession with intent to deliver a controlled substance. She is being held in North Central Regional Jail on $50,000 bond.

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