Two Grass Valley men ended up in jail after a traffic stop last Friday evening.  The officers who arrested them were actually working on another detail.

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Grass Valley Police Lt. Alex Gammelgard says the detectives were  in the area of Brighton Street and Butler Street looking for possible underage drinking activity when they spotted a vehicle with numerous lighting violations and made a stop.  The  driver was identified as Timothy Gower of Grass Valley.

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In Gower’s wallet, Detectives located approximately 1.5 grams of suspected crystal methamphetamine.  Upon searching the vehicle, detectives located  ½ ounce of suspected tar heroin and more than 20 unused bindle baggies  along with approximately ½ pound of marijuana cola, a  digital scale, and paraphernalia used for the inhalation of controlled substances.  Nathaniel Hubbert, a passenger in the vehicle, was also arrested after he was found to possess suspected methamphetamine, suspected heroin, two empty syringes and associated paraphernalia, as well as a glass methamphetamine pipe.  Hubbert also possessed a loaded syringe which tested positive for methamphetamine.  Both subjects were booked into Wayne Brown Correctional Facility.