BRISTOL, Va. (WJHL) — A "major drug dealer" and known gang leader was arrested after a pursuit on Interstate 81 in Tennessee and Virginia on Monday, U.S Marshals announced.

According to a news release from United States Marshal David G. Jolley, Jametrick Franklin King was previously wanted out of Washington County, Tennessee for violation of probation and burglary charges.

King was also under a federal indictment out of U.S. District Court in Greeneville for possession with intent to distribute 50 grams or more of methamphetamine, Jolley stated.

"Eastern District of Tennessee U. S. Marshals and the Tennessee Highway Patrol (THP) attempted to effect an arrest of King in Kingsport, but King spotted a marked vehicle just before officers moved in," Jolley said in the release. "King became s

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