A District Court Judge in Pottawattamie County, Tuesday, sentenced a man to five-years in prison for possessing methamphetamine with the intent to distribute. 27-year old Travis Wayne Clark, of Council Bluffs, was also sentenced to prison for a consecutive 60 months for possession of a firearm in furtherance of the drug trafficking offense. The U-S Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of Iowa says Clark will serve four years of supervised release following imprisonment.

He entered a guilty plea to the two charges on June 5th, 2017. The convictions resulted from an investigation that began with a traffic stop conducted by Council Bluffs Police Department. Located in a vehicle that Clark was driving was methamphetamine, approximately $1,000, along with methamphetamine distribution paraphernalia. In addition, law enforcement found a loaded 9mm handgun on Clark.

The case was investigated by the Council Bluffs Police Department and the Southwest Iowa Narcotics Task Force, and prosecuted by the United States Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of Iowa.