An officer was on routine patrol Thursday afternoon when he saw a motorist he knew had outstanding arrest warrants, and later was found to have drugs in his car, Athens-Clarke police said.
The officer followed 27-year-old Joshua Edward Tucker's car to a convenience store on Lexington Road, where he arrested him on the warrants, police said. He then searched Tucker's car and found marijuana, cocaine, pain pills and a scale, according to police.
A woman in the passenger seat told the officer that she had planned to smoke a joint with Tucker, who she called a drug dealer.
Tucker, of Watkinsville, argued that he didn't have a "substantial amount" of drugs to be charged as an alleged dealer, police said, but while the officer held Tucker's cellphone, he saw several text messages come in that asked about prices and times and locations for apparent deals.
Tucker was charged with possession with intent to distribute marijuana, possession of cocaine, possession of controlled substances and possession with intent to distribute controlled substances.