MONTGOMERY COUNTY—Law enforcement authorities are investigating two suspects after a traffic stop.
Just before 4p.m. Thursday deputies and a Kansas Bureau of Investigation agent conducted a traffic stop on a vehicle at 19th and Maple Street in Independence, Kansas, according to Sheriff Ron Wade.
The deputy contacted the driver identified as Joshua Werner of Cherryvale and a passenger identified as Judy Eastwood of Neodesha.
While speaking with Werner, the deputy detected an odor of marijuana, according to Wade. He also learned Werner did not have a valid driver's license. The deputy arrested him for not having the license.
During a search of the vehicle, deputies found marijuana, meth, drug paraphernalia and cash. All the illegal items were found on Eastwood's side of the vehicle and in her bag, according to Wade.
Deputies took both of Werner and Eastwood to the Montgomery County Department of Corrections. Eastwood transported narcotics she had concealed into the correctional facility. She is being held on requested drug and trafficking charges. Werner was jailed for the licensce violation.