MCCRACKEN COUNTY, Ky. (KFVS) - Deputies in Paducah made an arrest Wednesday morning after a short chase ended with an empty gas tank.

The incident happened at around 9:30 a.m. on November 26.

According to the McCracken County Sheriff’s Office, 39-year-old Anthony L. Nance Jr. is now behind bars after detectives, who were investigating drug trafficking, tried to pull him over near Park Avenue, but he sped away in his car.

The sheriff’s office said Nance only stopped when he ran out of gas around 24th Street.

Deputies said they found bags of cocaine and marijuana on the street after Nance had thrown them out of the car during the chase.

More bags were found inside his vehicle.

Investigators later searched his home and found a handgun, additional drugs and drug paraphernalia.

Nance was

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