Police are looking for the owner of stolen mine equipment after finding it during a traffic stop.
Late Monday morning, deputies stopped a vehicle in the Pax/Mount Hope area for traveling too fast for road and weather conditions, according to a release from the Fayette County Sheriff's Department.
The driver, 40-year-old David Eugene Stanley, of Beaver, was arrested and charged with driving under the influence of drugs, driving on a revoked driver's license, displaying a fraudulent inspection sticker, defective equipment and driving too fast for road conditions. He also had warrants for his arrest in Boone County.
Police said they found mining equipment, including breakers, in the vehicle. Some of the wires appeared to be freshly cut.
The passenger in the vehicle was on federal supervised release for his previous involvement in the theft of mining equipment. The sheriff's department did not release the passenger's name.
Police are trying to find the owner of the stolen equipment. Anyone with information is asked to contact the Fayette County 911 Center at 304- 574-3590 or submit information through the department Facebook page, "Fayette County Sheriff's Department."