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An Ocheleta man was arrested with a large quantity of methamphetamine. 75-year-old Richard Lindsey appeared at the Washington County Courthouse on Thursday facing potential charges of trafficking methamphetamine among other drug-related counts.

According to an affidavit, Bartlesville Police stopped Lindsey’s vehicle on Rice Creek Road in Bartlesville on Wednesday afternoon. A K9 officer conducted a free air sniff and alerted the vehicle for the potential presence of narcotics.

A search of the vehicle produced a cardboard box that contained a large quantity of methamphetamine. The police report did not specify an exact quantity. Lindsey has felony convictions for drug distribution from 1987 and 1996. His bond was set at $100,000.