Deputies in Knox County say one man they arrested on drug trafficking charges is also responsible for shoplifting meat from a store in Pineville.

Timothy Miller was arrested Thursday in the Flat Lick community. Deputies were executing drug trafficking warrants when they found Miller inside a home with what they believe to be meth.

Friday deputies confirmed Miller was the same man who stole meat products from Long's Pic Pac Store in Pineville on Tuesday.

"He didn't get anything else or go through the register, he just went out... One of our front end people went outside and they got a tag number off someone he was riding with in a white SUV," said Long's Pic Pac Owner Mike Long.

In the surveillance video, Miller can be seen sneaking the meat into his pants in an aisle before walking out of the store. Long told WYMT that is a common way for people to take meat.

To help protect his product, Long has installed several security measures which include putting bar codes in meat packaging. He said the costs for the bar codes average around $15,000 total. But he has spent around $70,000 total to upgrade his security systems in the last three- to- four years.

Long said it only takes a few days for the community to reach out about thefts like these with who they think could be responsible.

"Very seldom will you be able to find someone shoplifting here and run their face and somebody at a detention center or another store will have seen them because often this is habitual," Long said.

Miller was taken to the Knox County Detention Center and charged with trafficking a controlled substance, assault and resisting arrest.