WELCH, WV – After reacting on a drug-related tip, City of Welch Police officer Ryan Harman conducted a traffic stop along Virginia Avenue today that led to the arrest of Michael Price, 19, of Kimball. 

According to Harman, Price was in possession of heroin, a Schedule 1 controlled substance; marijuana, a Schedule 1 controlled substance; hydrocodone, a Schedule 2 controlled substance; oxycodone, a Schedule 2 controlled substance; and $1,040 in cash. 

Price was taken before Magistrate Danny Mitchell and was given a $78,000.00 bond. Price was remanded to the McDowell County Holding Facility awaiting transfer to the Regional Jail at the time of this release.