Danville man Dennis Ray Douglas was arrested on several counts of drug trafficking on July 20 after police uncovered different types of drugs and weapons in a car during a traffic stop. The operator of the vehicle Daniel Short was arrested for possession of a firearm by a convicted felon.

Danville Police conducted a traffic stop on S. 4th St. for driver’s license and equipment violations on Saturday, July 20, just before 7:30 p.m.

During the investigation, Danville PD K-9 officer Nick Adams and K-9 partner Crickett were summoned to the scene.  Cricket alerted to the presence of narcotics and a search was conducted.

Officers located several gallon sized bags of marijuana, drug paraphernalia, loose Adderall pills, methamphetamine, cash and a suspected narcotic transaction ledger.

The search also yielded four firearms; .357 revolver, 22 rifle, 12-gauge shotgun, and .45 caliber pistol.  The operator of the vehicle Daniel Short, 51, of Danville was arrested for possession of a firearm by a convicted felon.

The passenger of the vehicle, Dennis Ray Douglas, 61, of Danville was arrested for trafficking marijuana, trafficking methamphetamine, trafficking a controlled substance 1st degree 10 or more dosage units, and possession of drug paraphernalia.