A traffic stop Friday morning ended with the seizure of nearly 10 pounds of marijuana in Montgomery and led investigators to another large drug bust.

The Montgomery Police Department’s Special Operations Division conducted a traffic stop near Gibbs Village public housing community, said Capt. George Russell. From that vehicle, they recovered 9 ½ pounds of marijuana and a 9mm semi-automatic handgun.

They developed information, Russell said, that another person was reportedly transporting a large quantity of drugs.

They identified that man as 29-year-old Lavonte Conn. Investigators set up surveillance in the 1300 block of Eastern Boulevard. The department’s SWAT team and Gang Unit tried to stop Conn, who attempted tried to get away but was quickly taken into custody.

Russell said they confiscated 436 grams of pure fentanyl, 226 grams of marijuana and a stolen Glock 9 mm handgun from his vehicle. That gun, Russell said, had been stolen during an armed robbery in another jurisdiction.

The captain said Conn was already on bond for first-degree receiving stolen property, unlawful possession of a controlled substance, first-degree possession of marijuana and attempting to elude. They are trying to get his bond in those cases revoked.

Conn faces new charges of drug trafficking, first-degree possession of marijuana, second-degree receiving stolen property and certain persons forbidden to carry a firearm.

Montgomery Police Chief Darryl Albert said this of the fentanyl:

“It’s the poison that’s on our streets,’’ Albert said. “It’s this poison that’s hurting our children.”

“I will say to those in the community who choose the life of crime, prison is the price you’ll pay,’’ the chief said. “Stop testing our community, stop testing members of the Montgomery Police Department.”

“It was a significant amount of narcotics that was going to hit the streets of Montgomery and we know narcotics brings violence,’’ Albert said. “We know looking at each of these cases, they had a firearm attached to it. That’s what makes violence in our city rise.”

“That’s why our team is so aggressive in fighting violent crime,’’ he said. “Stay tuned, there’s more to come.”