A teenager is facing drug and theft charges after Glasgow police receive a tip about a stolen vehicle.
On Thursday, the Glasgow Police Department responded to the Family Dollar Store on Columbia Avenue after receiving a report that a stolen vehicle from Metcalf County was at the business.
According to the Glasgow PD, officers located the vehicle and confirmed it had been reported stolen. Police then made contact with the suspect, 19-year-old Trenton G. Payne, of Bowling Green, who was taken into custody.
During a search of the vehicle, police located methamphetamine and drug paraphernalia.
Payne was arrested and charged with receiving stolen property (more than $10,000) and possession of a controlled substance (methamphetamine) and lodged in the Barren County Detention Center on a $10,000 cash bond.
By Ken Howlett, News Director
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