The Inter-Mountain photo by Edgar Kelley Police seized more than five pounds of methamphetamine with a street value of $270,000 Tuesday. Pictured are the methamphetamine, firearms, ammunition and drug paraphernalia collected by the Barbour County Sheriff’s Department and the Mountain Region Drug and Violent Crimes Task Force.

The Inter-Mountain photo by Edgar Kelley
Police seized more than five pounds of methamphetamine with a street value of $270,000 Tuesday. Pictured are the methamphetamine, firearms, ammunition and drug paraphernalia collected by the Barbour County Sheriff’s Department and the Mountain Region Drug and Violent Crimes Task Force.

Dadisman

PHILIPPI — The Mountain Region Drug and Violent Crimes Task Force seized more than a quarter of a million dollars worth of methamphetamine Tuesday during an investigation that began with a routine traffic stop.

Guns and cash were also seized during the investigation, which began with an arrest of an individual by the Barbour County Sheriff’s Department.

Joseph Wayne Dadisman, 49, of Philippi, has been charged with two counts of possession with intent to deliver. He is being held in the Tygart Valley Regional Jail on a $50,000 bond.

Barbour County Sheriff Brett Carpenter told The Inter-Mountain he pulled over Dadisman at the Rich Oil gas station in Philippi at approximately 2 p.m. Tuesday. While conducting a search the sheriff said he found 1.124 pounds of methamphetamine, a handgun and $1,400 in cash on Dadisman.

The Mountain Region Drug and Violent Crimes Task Force was then contacted by Carpenter and a search warrant was issued for Dadisman’s residence, described in a sheriff’s department press release as a “small camper” located on Union Road in Philippi.

While serving the warrant, another four pounds of methamphetamine was found at Dadisman’s home, Carpenter told The Inter-Mountain. Police also recovered 14 firearms, ammunition, digital scales and drug paraphernalia.

The street value of the meth is projected to be $270,000, the press release states.

“Once I made the initial traffic stop and found the initial drugs and firearm, I contacted the task force and they came down and assisted with everything else,” Carpenter told The Inter-Mountain. “We are happy to get all of these drugs off the streets.”

The Mountain Region Drug and Violent Crimes Task Force is a multi-agency narcotics task force that is composed of sworn law enforcement officers from various county departments.

Carpenter also thanked the Philippi Police Department and the Philippi Detachment of the West Virginia State Police for their assistance during the investigation.