1.0The News Journalhttps://qa.thenewsjournal.netrich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="99nEyJkE23"><a href="https://qa.thenewsjournal.net/tips-leads-marijuana-trafficking-arrest/">One arrested for marijuana trafficking</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://qa.thenewsjournal.net/tips-leads-marijuana-trafficking-arrest/embed/#?secret=99nEyJkE23" width="600" height="338" title="“One arrested for marijuana trafficking” — The News Journal" data-secret="99nEyJkE23" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript"> /* <![CDATA[ */ /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); /* ]]> */ </script> A tip about possible drug activity in the Brown’s Creek area of Whitley County led to the arrest of a Rockholds man for trafficking marijuana Saturday night. Sixty-three-year-old John W. Chatham is facing charges of first-degree possession of a controlled substance, trafficking in marijuana and possession of drug paraphernalia. According to Sheriff Colan Harrell, Deputy Jonas Saunders received information concerning the sale of marijuana at a residence on Ky. 779. Saunders and Sgt. Kirk Mays went to the residence and spoke with Chatham, during that they received permission to search the residence. “During a search of the residence, Deputy Saunders saw in a bedroom a clear bag containing 12 smaller bags,” Harrell stated. “Inside the individual bags was a substance believed to be marijuana.” In addition, Harrell stated that deputies found a small digital scale, and a single pill believed to be hydrocodone. When deputies searched Chatham, they reported finding more than $1,000 in cash in his wallet. Chatham was lodged in the Whitley County Detention Center. He was released Sunday on a $7,500 surety bond.