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Man arrested during traffic stop after K9 locates drugs

Posted at 8:08 PM, Jul 07, 2018
and last updated 2018-07-08 15:08:28-04

COLLIER COUNTY, Fla. --- A Collier County man is arrested during a traffic stop after deputies locate drugs in the car. 

According to investigators, Henry Sigears,19, was driving northbound on Rattlesnake Hammond Road when he was pulled over for the license plate being obscured by the cars tag light. Sigears was asked to step out of the car while deputies verified his information. 

While standing outside the car, Collier County Sheriff's say, a K9 deputy alerted them to drugs inside of the car. After a thorough search of the car, deputies found money, clear plastic bags, a loaded firearm, marijuana, and cocaine. 

Sigears reportedly told deputies that the money was from him selling fireworks earlier that day. 

He was placed under arrest for possession of cocaine and possession of narcotic paraphernalia.