Traffic stop leads to drug arrest in Graves County Wednesday

A Wednesday night traffic stop leads to an arrest of a man on drug charges in Graves County.

The Graves County Sheriff's Office reported Thursday they conducted a traffic stop on a motorcycle around 7:35 Wednesday night on KY 80 East just east of Mayfield.  The motorcyclist, 46-year-old Robert Guthrie of Dublin, was found to not have a valid driver's license.

He was also found to be in possession of numerous pills he did not have a prescription for as well as approximately one ounce of methamphetamine and drug paraphernalia.

Guthrie was arrested and charged with no operator's license, no insurance, possession of a controlled substance 2nd offense - opiates, trafficking in controlled substance-methamphetamine and drug paraphernalia. 

He was taken to the Graves County RC Center.