On November 27, 2018 at approximately 12:23 a.m. a Cobb County Police Uniform Patrol Officer made a traffic stop on a speeding vehicle on Dallas Highway near East Paulding Drive. The vehicle was traveling 91 mph in a 45 mph zone. During the course of the traffic stop some illegal narcotics were observed in the lap of the driver. The driver, 24-year-old Darien Knight of Powder Springs, was arrested and removed from the car. The other passenger, 25-year-old Ian Copeland of Dallas, GA, was also removed from the vehicle and subsequently arrested as well for possession of illegal narcotics. In addition to the numerous illegal narcotics, officers also recovered a loaded pistol, a machete, a digital scale, and a large sum of cash.

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