Police: traffic stop turned drug and weapons bust

In Laurel, Delaware State Police have arrested a man for possession of drugs and weapons after conducting a traffic stop on Friday.

Investigators say at around 10:45 p.m. on Friday, near Laurel and Shiloh Church Road, troopers saw a dark colored Ford F-150 pick-up truck speeding on Laurel Road.

According to police, the troopers made a traffic stop on the truck, coming in contact with the truck's driver 53-year-old Millard L Bouchard.

After detecting the odor of marijuana coming from inside of the car, they searched the vehicle more and found nine bags of heroin and 12.7 grams of marijuana inside.

Millard Bouchard was then taken into custody without incident.

Police say a search warrant at his residence,located in the 18000 block of Phillips Hill Road in Laurel, followed.

That's when troopers from the Sussex County Drug found an AR-15 assault rifle equipped with a homemade silencer, a Ruger .22 caliber handgun, ammunition, and 2.47 pounds of marijuana.

Bouchard was arrested and and is now facing several charges including Possession with the Intent to Deliver a Controlled Substance in a Tier 2 Quantity, three counts of Possession of a Firearm or Ammunition by a Person Prohibited, Possession of a Destructive Weapon, Maintaining a Drug Property, and Possession of a Counterfeit Substance.

He was taken to the Sussex Correctional Institution with a $62,000 secured bail.