A transient from the Nevada City area has been arrested for six felonies and four misdemeanors related to drug possession for sale. Nevada County Sheriff Keith Royal says a patrol officer noticed a man parked on the shoulder of Sweetland Road near Highway 49 Sunday morning. The officer went up to the car to talk to the man, identified as 31-year-old Mathew Atiyeh…

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Royal says Atiyeh was then asked whether he had a medical marijuana recommendation from a doctor…

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Other items seized inside the car included multiple bags and jars of marijuana, a small bag of concentrated cannibas, a jar of what’s called “marijuana edibles”, a jar with cocaine in it, and a small amount of methamphetamine and two large chunks of what appeared to be heroin, which were inside a soda can with a false bottom. Also, evidence that Atiyeh was allegedly selling drugs, with packaging materials and scales found.