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A former police chief of Montesano, Washington, was arrested for the second time this year in Tacoma. He is accused of selling meth and heroin.

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The former police chief of a small Washington city was in court this week on accusations of selling meth and heroin.

Ray Sowers, the former police chief of Montesano, was arrested Tuesday for the second time this year in Tacoma.

Police said they found 158 grams of suspected meth, 38 grams of heroin, a handgun and a digital gram scale in Sowers' apartment, the Tacoma New Tribune reports.

Sowers ended his career in law enforcement in 2010 when he pleaded guilty to using department credit cards to buy home electronics and other items.

Elsewhere in the Northwest

Washington authorities are looking for a Benton County man suspected of stabbing his ex-girlfriend multiple times. The 21-year-old man is described 5 feet 4 inches tall and 130 pounds. [KEPRTV]

An Idaho man appeared in court on Thursday on accusations of dumping 900 junk tires on federal land. A federal grand jury indicted Terry Anderson on two felony counts of injury to public land. [Idaho Statesman]