Man Arrested with Drugs & a Gun

A man was arrested in Lee County, Virginia Tuesday after deputies conducted a traffic stop and found multiple drugs and a gun in the vehicle. Deputies spotted a Jeep Grand Cherokee heading west from Pennington Gap in the direction of the Ben Hur area. Deputies report they attempted to stop the Jeep and activated police lights, but the vehicle kept driving for “several hundred yards.” The driver was identified as Mark Smith, 50, of Dryden, Virginia. He had More than 36 grams of methamphetamine, a Glock 20 10 mm pistol and more.