Published: May 08, 2009 10:29 am      

Drugs hidden in WD-40 can

WEATHERFORD — Parker County Sheriff’s Deputies made an unusual drug-related arrest Monday. Sheriff Larry Fowler said deputies found more than four grams of methamphetamine inside a WD-40 can during a traffic stop.

According to sheriff’s reports, while on patrol around 2:30 a.m. on FM 730, two deputies observed a suspicious vehicle turn onto Canyon Country Drive quickly after passing their patrol car. Knowing the street was a dead-end with little traffic, the deputies grew suspicious and followed the car.

Deputies reported they observed the male passenger acting nervous and attempting to conceal something in the floorboard between his legs. The deputies asked the passenger if there were any weapons in the vehicle and the passenger answered yes.

A sheriff’s report states the passenger told deputies a revolver was located in the backpack found in the floor between his legs. After a search of the backpack, deputies discovered a loaded .38 revolver and a can of WD-40 which appeared “awkward.”

Deputies unscrewed the bottom of the can and found two baggies containing a white crystal-like substance, which officers believe to be methamphetamine, weighing more than four grams.

Sheriff Fowler said finding drugs camouflaged inside containers is not a rare occurrence, but he wants to send a message to parents to be aware of such findings.

“When parents think a container appears suspicious, they may want to look further at it,” Fowler said. “There are clever ways which narcotics can be disguised.”

Deputies also found drug paraphernalia in the backpack including a glass pipe, commonly used in the illegal use of drugs, and digital scales, typically used in the sale and distribution of illegal drugs.

According to the probable cause affidavit, the passenger, identified as Joshua Rolston Majors, 28, told deputies he was meeting an acquaintance to sell the weapon. Majors was arrested and charged with unlawful possession of a firearm and manufacturing/delivery of a controlled substance.

The female driver was released while another female juvenile passenger was taken to a juvenile detention center in Hood County after implicating herself to deputies who found about one gram of suspected meth inside a wallet she claimed as hers.

Majors’ bond was set at $30,000 for the firearm and drug charges. He was also held for warrants out of Arlington and Dallas County. Majors remains in jail.