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Last updated on Thursday, November 5, 2015
(IRELAND) - An Ireland man was arrested after police found packages of meth and other prescription drugs.
According to police, community correction officials and police officers went to a home in the 5000 block of West State Road 56, Monday morning to search the home for possible drugs.
During the search, officers found a 12-gauge Benelli shotgun, a syringe, four baggies containing a powdery substance that tested positive for meth and four different types of prescription pills,that no one in the home had a prescription for
Police arrested 33-year-old Gerald Bates Jr, who was serving a sentence on house arrest.
Bates is now facing felony charges of possession of a firearm while dealing meth, possession of a firearm while possessing meth and maintaining a common nuisance. He is also being charged with five Class A misdemeanor counts of possession of a controlled substance.
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