TENNESSEE — Two people were arrested early Tuesday morning after Lebanon police said they found drugs and a loaded handgun inside a parked vehicle.
According to the Lebanon Police Department, officers on patrol noticed a white vehicle parked at the Roxy Theater well before business hours and stopped to investigate.
Police said they spoke with 31-year-old Christian Bowlin and 22-year-old Marisa Cleghorn and immediately smelled alcohol coming from inside the vehicle. Officers reported seeing multiple alcoholic bottles and drug paraphernalia in plain view.
A search of the vehicle allegedly uncovered several types of illegal drugs, including amphetamines, morphine pills, fentanyl, marijuana, THC gummies, ecstasy and pills of an unknown substance. Officers also reported finding synthetic urine and a loaded handgun.
Bowlin and Cleghorn were arrested and charged with possession of a weapon while under the influence, possession of a firearm during the commission of a felony, resale of a Schedule I drug, two counts of resale of a Schedule II drug, resale of a Schedule VI drug, possession of drug paraphernalia, simple possession of Schedule I, simple possession of Schedule VI and falsification of a drug test.
Police said additional charges could be filed pending lab results on the unidentified pills.
The case remains under investigation.
