Police Charge Stopped Motorist With Cocaine Possession

By Reading Eagle, Pa.

Feb. 23–A West Virginia man was arrested by state police Wednesday after they stopped his vehicle on Interstate 78 in Tilden Township and found a pound of cocaine with a street value of $45,000 and a 9 mm handgun, investigators said.

Shannon Keith Allen, 28, Fairmont, was committed to Berks County Prison in lieu of $100,000 bail following arraignment before District Judge Gloria W. Stitzel on drug and weapons charges.

State police said they pulled over Allen about 11:30 a.m. for an equipment violation on westbound I-78 in Tilden.

Troopers said Allen agreed to let them search his vehicle, and a police dog found the drugs and handgun in a hidden compartment.

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