Man charged with drug trafficking: 130 grams of meth found

Police charged an Illinois man with drug trafficking after they located nearly 130 grams of crystal methamphetamine Saturday afternoon.

Terry Lee Smock, 53, of Paxton, Ill., was charged with two counts of first-degree trafficking in a controlled substance after officers discovered 11 grams of the drug in a car Smock was driving and then 118 grams of the drug in a friend's house, according to police. Officers stopped the red 1998 Saab convertible in the 600 block of West Fourth Street after they observed what they believed to be a drug transaction on Orchard Street by Kendall Perkins Park about 3:30 p.m. Saturday.