Alaska State Troopers seized almost half a kilogram of methamphetamine from a 30-year-old Wasilla man who was stopped for a traffic violation early Thursday morning in Wasilla.
Around 2 a.m., authorities arrested Johnnylee Burk for third-degree misconduct involving a controlled substance, four counts of fourth-degree misconduct involving a controlled substance and for violating his conditions of release, according to an online dispatch from AST.
The arrest was made after Burk was pulled over in his black GMC Yukon for speeding, and troopers became suspicious of other illegal activity, according to AST spokeswoman Megan Peters.
“Reasonable suspicion was developed that he may be in possession of controlled substances,” Peters said in an email Thursday. “A scent detection K-9 was put on the vehicle, which led to search warrants being applied for both his person and vehicle.”
He was found to be in possession of 467 grams of methamphetamine and was subsequently arrested. Troopers also found what they described as a little black book that appeared to be a ledger for drug-related transactions. Burk was taken to the Mat-Su Pretrial Facility, where he is being held on $100,000 cash bail, troopers said. The estimated street value of the drugs is $67,000.