BECKLEY -- After Raleigh County deputies answered a disturbance call at a motel Friday, they discovered a large amount of drugs that would be worth more than $45,000, if sold.
According to Cpl. W. R. Killen of the Raleigh County Sheriff's Department, deputies arrived at the Microtel Inn on Harper Road and entered the room occupied by Jose Rivera of Lorain, Ohio. While they investigated the disturbance, they discovered more than 2,000 pills that police estimated could be worth $45,101.
They arrested Rivera, 29, and charged him with nine counts of possession of controlled substances with intent to deliver and nine counts of transporting a controlled substance into the state.
Killen and members of the Trident Drug Task Force are investigating.
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And yes, another nonviolent offender goes to jail and lives on the taxpayer dime.