GILCHRIST, OR -- A 32-year-old La Pine man and another suspect from California were arrested Wednesday afternoon, following an investigation into drug trafficking. 

Central Oregon Drug Enforcement detectives say Gregory Stites imported controlled substances from southern Oregon into the High Desert, where he distributed them throughout Central Oregon.

State Troopers pulled over a car driven by Stites on Highway 97, between Crescent and Gilchrist. During the stop, drug detection dog "Bonnie" alerted to the presence of controlled substances inside the car and some luggage. Officers seized a commercial amount of Meth and Cocaine, and a user amount of Fentanyl, along with a loaded 9mm pistol. 

Stites and his passenger, 40-year-old Robert King III of Sacramento, were arrested on multiple drug-related charges. Stites is also charged with being a Felon in Possession of a Weapon.