A Kailua-Kona man has been charged with meth trafficking and other offenses after being found with crystal methamphetamine, marijuana and drug paraphernalia, according to Hawaii County Police.
Officers from the Area II Vice Section made contact with a man and a woman in a car in Kailua-Kona during the course of a drug investigation on Wednesday, according to the Hawaii Police Department. After searching the car, officers recovered 248.5 grams of a crystalline substance, a small amount of a dried green leafy substance, paraphernalia associated with meth distribution and $2,200 in cash for forfeiture, police said.
Police also reportedly recovered 3.1 grams of a crystalline substance and paraphernalia associated with meth use from the man, 26-year-old Derwin Breithaupt of Kailua-Kona, according to police.
Breithaupt and a 29-year-old Kailua-Kona woman were arrested and taken to the Kona cellblock while detectives continued the investigation, according to police.
Wednesday night, detectives released the woman pending further investigation. Breithaupt was charged Wednesday night with two counts of meth trafficking, two counts of possessing drug paraphernalia and one count of promoting a detrimental drug. His bail was set at $59,250.