Trafficking amounts of fentanyl found during traffic stop in Putnam County

CRESCENT CITY, Fla. — The Putnam County Sheriff’s Office reported that it seized 32 grams of fentanyl in a traffic stop Friday afternoon.

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According to PCSO’s Facebook post, while working patrol in Crescent City, Deputy Griffith conducted a traffic stop on a vehicle without a license plate. While talking to the occupants of the vehicle, Deputy Griffith noticed an odor of marijuana coming from the vehicle and saw a digital scale.

During a search of the vehicle, Deputy Griffith located a black backpack that contained about 32 grams of fentanyl in four plastic bags, as well as a coffee filter containing white powder, a paper containing white powder, a hypodermic syringe and another digital scale.

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The passenger of the vehicle, Lindsie Presley, 24, of Georgetown told deputies the fentanyl was hers and she gets a discount. Presley also had $1,457 in cash.

The driver of the vehicle denied having knowledge of the drugs and was issued a traffic citation.

Presley was arrested and charged with trafficking fentanyl of 4 grams or more and possession of drug equipment. She was taken to the Putnam County Jail and held on $500,500 bond.

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