Investigators confiscate 163 grams of meth during traffic stop near Gladewater

Daisy Escatel
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UPSHUR COUNTY, Texas (KETK) — A traffic stop near Gladewater led to the arrest of a Kilgore man who allegedly was transporting 163 grams of methamphetamine.

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<em>Courtesy of the Upshur County Sheriff’s Office</em>
Courtesy of the Upshur County Sheriff’s Office
<em>Mugshot of Gerald Hosea Gibson. Courtesy of the Upshur County Police Department</em>
Mugshot of Gerald Hosea Gibson. Courtesy of the Upshur County Police Department

According to a release, the Upshur County Sheriff’s Office Special Investigation Unit were conducting drug interdiction, where officers prevent illicit drugs from reaching their destination, on US 80 west of Gladewater on Monday.

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Officials said they conducted a stop on a vehicle for a traffic violation. Investigators reportedly seized 163 grams of methamphetamine and $2,343.

The driver, Gerald Hosea Gibson, from Kilgore, was arrested for manufacturing and delivering a controlled substance. Gibson was taken to the Upshur County Jail where he remains on a $100,000 bond.

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