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A Darby police officer stopped a Ford F-150 with an expired registration around 2 a.m. on Sunday, Jan. 21, the department said in a release.
While speaking with the driver, 47-year-old Edward Plumley of Aldan, the officer spotted "an open container of an alcoholic beverage" in the cupholder, authorities said.
After Plumley consented to a pat-down, the officer said he found a Ruger LCP .380 pistol in Plumley's waistband. Plumley is not eligible for gun ownership due to a prior felony and does not have a concealed carry license, authorities said.
Police said they also found cocaine, marijuana, $1,240 cash, and "a burnt glass pipe filled with copper wiring commonly used to ingest narcotics" on his person.
After getting a search warrant for his truck, officers claimed to find:
23 baggies of suspected cocaine
- 30 baggies of suspected methamphetamine
- One large, clear bag of methamphetamine
- 30 films of
- Buprenorphine and Naloxone
- Seven Alprazolam (Xanax) pills
- 38 Oxycodone pills
- Two MDMA pills
- One bag of marijuana
Plumley was charged with manufacture, delivery, or dossession with intent to deliver, felon not to possess a firearm, and related offenses in two separate cases, court records show. He remains in custody and has preliminary hearings scheduled for Jan. 21 and 22.
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