(Credit: Jackson Co Sheriff’s Office)
(KNZA)–A traffic stop in Jackson County Friday morning led to the arrest of a Mayetta woman on drug and stolen property charges.
Jackson County Sheriff Tim Morse said in a statement that a sheriff’s deputy stopped a car for a traffic violation near 142nd Road and US 75 just before 10 a.m.
The driver was found with a suspended license and was subsequently arrested. The passenger, 37-year-old Saleena Rae Masquat, also had a warrant from the Topeka Police Department. A third occupant was identified and later released.
During the traffic stop, Morse said a Jackson-K-9 County sheriff was deployed and reported the presence of drugs. A search of the vehicle revealed both suspicious meth and marijuana, as well as paraphernalia indicating methamphetamine distribution. Electronic equipment belonging to a confirmed stolen Topeka Walmart store was also in the vehicle.
Masquat was arrested for methamphetamine distribution, methamphetamine possession, marijuana possession, possession of drug paraphernalia, and possession of stolen property.
Following her arrest, Masquat was incarcerated in the Jackson County Jail on $50,000 bond.
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