FREDERICA, Del.- Delaware State Police arrested a man on Friday on multiple drug and weapon charges.

On February 22, 2019 around 6:15 a.m., troopers conducted a traffic stop on N.E. Front Street in Milford. The stop was initiated in the matter of Joseph Whaley, 30, of Frederica for active felony warrants. Whaley was taken into custody without incident.

The Kent County Governor's Task Force and Kent's Drug Unit went to the 200 block of Market Street to execute a search warrant at the home of Whaley. Four juveniles were in the home when police found a .22 caliber handgun, five .22 caliber ammo rounds, two units of a schedule 2 controlled substance, 1,441 bags of suspected Fentanyl weighing about 10 grams, and over $1,100 in suspected drug proceeds.

A follow up search of the car Whaley was driving led police to find 16 more bags of suspected Fentanyl weighing about 0.112 grams, and over $200 in suspected drug proceeds.

Whaley was committed to the Sussex Correctional Institution on $82,400 cash only bond.