19th and Clay drug bust, Springfield

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (WAND) - Police said they arrested a suspected drug dealer in a Monday night traffic stop. 

Officers said they stopped a vehicle at 7:55 p.m. Monday in the area of 19th and Clay streets. According to a press release, police smelled cannabis coming from inside of the vehicle. 

Police reported searching the vehicle and finding a Glock 9 mm pistol, 15 grams of Percocet and about $8,000 in cash. Officers identified the driver as 25-year-old Drevonte Robinson. 

Robinson is preliminarily charged with armed violence, manufacture and delivery of a controlled substance and aggravated unlawful use of a weapon. 

Anyone with information is asked to call Springfield police at (217)788-8311 and/or Sangamon/Menard County Crime Stoppers, which can be reached anonymously by dialing (217)788-8427.