ABERDEEN — A 77-year-old man has been charged after a search of his vehicle and home produced large amounts of narcotics and numerous hand grenades.

According to court documents, on Nov. 7, a deputy with the Bingham County Sheriff’s Office initiated a traffic stop of a vehicle driven by Freamont Jess Ellis of Aberdeen after a silver truck ran a stop sign near 1900 South.

Once the deputy arrived next to the driver’s side of the truck, the deputy allegedly smelled a strong odor of marijuana coming from within.

When told of the marijuana smell, Ellis told the deputy he had some inside of the vehicle and patted a plastic ammo case, according to court documents.

The deputy had Ellis step out of his vehicle, and an attempt to search his person began. However, Ellis kept putting his hands ins

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