Murfreesboro Police made a traffic stop on South Church Street that led to the arrest of a suspected drug dealer.

When Officers stopped 53 year old Clifton Lee Davis for having an obstructed license plate and walked up to his window they noticed his pants were unzipped. When Davis was asked to step out of his Ford Escape, a digital scale fell out of those unzipped pants, according to a police report.

Inside the small SUV police found several small bundles of cocaine in the center console and one officer reported, "was packaged for obvious resale." Also in the center console was a "drug ledger."

In a cellphone that was in the possession of Davis, police located "numerous text messages regarding the sale of narcotics."

Davis was charged with the manufacturing or sale of a schedule two drug and possession of drug paraphernalia. He was also charged with simple possession of marijuana. He will be in court on July 27, 2017.

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MPD Arrest 17-11053