Police in Worcester, Massachusetts, say three people, including one juvenile, are facing drug trafficking charges after they were pulled over for speeding Wednesday night.
Officers reported seeing a vehicle traveling at a high rate of speed around 6:40 p.m. Police eventually found and pulled over the vehicle at 2 Harlow St.
The three males inside the vehicle were identified as members of local gangs in the city.
They have been identified as a 17-year-old male, who was driving, Kevin Jones, 23, and Kurtis Wilson, 24.
Police say Wilson kept looking at a backpack that was in reach of all three of them. Fearing there may have been a weapon in the bag, police frisked all of the males. No weapons were found.
Inside the backpack there was crack cocaine, cocaine, baggies, a phone and $1,436.
All three of the males were charged with drug trafficking.
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Jones and Wilson are set to be arraigned Thursday. The juvenile will be arraigned at a later date.
