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Seatbelt violations lead to drug arrests in Covington
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Alvin Wilson and Rhea Cyrus
COVINGTON, Ga. – A man and woman from Covington lost some of their independence Tuesday when they were stopped for not wearing seatbelts and drugs were found in the car. According to a Covington Police Department incident report, Sgt. Gene Nugui and Officer Austin Knight were dispatched to assist the Georgia State Patrol (GSP) with a traffic stop at Washington Street and Turner Lake Road a little after 5 p.m. July 4. When they arrived at the scene, Nugui and Knight met with Trooper W. Grier who advised he had conducted a traffic stop on a 2014 Nissan Altima because the driver Alvin Wilson,