ELKINS — Four people from Ohio face multiple felony charges after a tip-off to police led to the discovery of a “large amount” of suspected methamphetamine and fentanyl in their vehicle on Sunday, police said.

Alaysia Lahson Clark, 24, Jayson Admier Cousins, 30, Kadeem Levar Gilmore, 36, and Yasmeen Danielle Briggs, 20, are each charged with one count of drug trafficking, two counts of manufacturing or possessing control substances with intent to deliver Schedule I or II narcotic or methamphetamine and one count of conspiracy, all felonies.

Clark, Cousins, Gilmore and Briggs are all currently being held at the Tygart Valley Regional Jail on separate $30,000 cash-only bonds.

According to the criminal complaints, filed by Patrolman First Class D.T. Sayre with the Elkins City Police Department, on Aug. 3, officers received information from an individual regarding a “drop” that would occur that night on Chestnut Street. The individual informed officers that the suspects involved would be arriving in an Ohio registered vehicle and were possibly armed with handguns.

Sayre, according to the complaint, was patrolling in the area of Chestnut Street and observed a vehicle bearing an Ohio registration and with window tint that appeared to be in violation of West Virginia State Code. The vehicle was traveling south on Industrial Park Road toward Eleventh Street before turning onto Baxter Street. Sayre initiated a traffic stop with the vehicle on Baxter Street.

During the traffic stop, Sayer made contact with Clark, Cousins, Gilmore and Briggs and ordered them to exit the vehicle before detaining them until further investigation could be complete, the complaint states. As part of the investigation, Patrolman J. White deployed his narcotics detection K9 for a “free air sniff” around the vehicle. White informed Sayer that the K9 had made a positive alert toward the rear of the vehicle.

Officers conducted a search of the vehicle, which Sayer writes revealed a “large amount of a crystal-like substance consistent with methamphetamine” along with a “large amount of a white powdery substance consistent with fentanyl.” The substances found were located at the rear of the vehicle and wrapped in a plastic bag with “what appeared to be cinnamon.” Sayer writes that his training and experience have led him to believe the cinnamon was used in an attempt to mask the odor of the substances.

After officers arrested Clark, Cousins, Gilmore and Briggs and advised the group of their Miranda Rights, Clark, who was the operator of the vehicle, said she would speak with the officers, the complaint states. Clark told officers that she and the other three were from Youngstown, Ohio and had traveled together across state lines to give “someone a ride” to Elkins. Clark stated that she was unaware of how the substances were placed into her vehicle. Clark also stated that she and Briggs were not the ones who put the substances in the vehicle and she was unaware of who had put the substances there.

Briggs also spoke with officers, explaining that she wished to “add” to what Clark had said, the complaint states. Briggs told officers that Clark had asked her to ride along and that she was not aware that Gilmore would be coming with them. She also told officers that she was not aware of the substances in the vehicle.

According to the complaint, Cousins later told police that the group only made stops between Youngstown and Elkins to use the restroom. Gilmore declined to speak with officers.

Sayre writes that, due to the amount of possible methamphetamine and fentanyl, he believed that all four suspects knew about the substances in the vehicle.