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Rochester, MN (KROC AM News) - A Stewartville man who asked a Rochester police officer to get some items from his car is now facing drug charges.

The officer made a routine traffic stop early Thursday and discovered the driver was wanted on a Fillmore County warrant.

The driver - 37-year-old Keith Butler - was placed in the officer’s squad.

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Before they drove off, Butler asked the officer to retrieve his phone and wallet. While in Butler’s vehicle, the officer spotted some drug paraphernalia. The officer then looked some more and found 17 grams of meth and 5 THC gummies.

News update:  Stewartville denial of mobile home park expansion upheld.

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