A HOPKINSVILLE MAN WAS ARRESTED ON DRUG TRAFFICKING CHARGES LAST NIGHT.

            HOPKINSVILLE POLICE WERE CALLED TO 207 SOUTH KENTUCKY AVENUE AROUND 8:30 FOR A REPORT OF LOUD MUSIC, ACCORDING TO THE REPORT, WHICH SAYS 19-YEAR OLD JOHN READ ATKINS OF HOPKINSVILLE GAVE OFFICERS CONSENT TO SEARCH THE RESIDENCE.

            POLICE SAY THEY FOUND SEVERAL SMAL BAGGIES OF MARIJUANA, CONSISTENT WITH THE WAY IT IS NORMALLY SOLD. POLICE SAY THERE WAS ALSO A LARGE QUANTITY OF ALCOHOL AND PARAPHERNALLIA IN THE HOME.          

            ATKINS WAS CHARGED WITH TRAFFICKING IN MARIJUANA, POSSESSION OF PARAPHERNALIA AND POSSESSION OF ALCOHOL BY A MINOR.

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11/15/2011/AM