Two men were arrested early Tuesday after Cobb County police say officers found enough drugs and money and weapons in a speeding car to accuse the men as drug dealers.

Darien Knight, 24, was driving a 2010 Audi A4 at 91 mph on a 55 mph stretch of Dallas Highway just after midnight. Riding along with the Powder Springs man was 25-year-old Ian Copeland of Dallas.

Sgt. Wayne Delk, spokesman for Cobb police, said an officer saw “some illegal narcotics” in Knight’s lap during the traffic stop.

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Police kept looking and, according to a police warrant, allegedly found the following:

• About 150 grams of marijuana

• 386 THC oil vape cartridges in their packaging

• Just under 325 grams of psilocybin mushrooms

• 2½ grams of meth

• About a gram of cocaine

• $1,544 in cash

• A .38-caliber handgun with a magazine

• A machete

• A digital scale

Knight faces nine charges ranging from drug possession to reckless driving, according to warrants. Copeland faces a single methamphetamine possession count.

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