Eureka Police arrest Florissant man for alleged drug possession

Eureka Police arrested a 19-year-old Florissant man for alleged drug possession with the intent to distribute. Officers stopped the man because the 2020 Chevrolet Malibu that he was driving was flagged by the Flock license-plate camera system for leaving the scene of an accident in St. Louis County, police reported.

At about 4:30 p.m. Oct. 20, officers saw the man driving the Malibu west on West Fifth Street. The officers stopped the car when it turned onto Meramec Boulevard, the report said.

Before arresting the man, the officers told him they could smell burnt marijuana in the car and asked if he had marijuana in the Malibu. The man allegedly said he did not have any marijuana, the report said…

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