A routine traffic stop turned into a drugs charge after a Dunedin police officer spied a pair of knuckle dusters in a car in Corstorphine yesterday, police say.
Senior Sergeant Anthony Bond, of Dunedin, said a 37-year-old male was stopped on Middleton Rd about 11.30am.
After the knuckle dusters were seen in the driver's foot well, police conducted a "warrantless search".
During the search a small amount of methamphetamine, a meth pipe and a single shotgun shell were found, Snr Sgt Bond said.
The driver was arrested and the items seized, he said.
