Traffic stop leads to drug arrest in Columbus

A Columbus woman was arrested Saturday afternoon on drug charges. Judy Jackson, spokeswoman for the Bartholomew County Sheriff’s Department, says that at approximately 4:22 p.m., Deputy Sergeant Kris Weisner initiated a traffic stop in the area of County Road 150 West and Paula Drive in Columbus on a vehicle without working tail lights. After making contact with the driver, 25-year-old Megan E. Moore, Sgt. Weisner observed indicators of drug use inside her vehicle. Jackson says that K9 Bolt was deployed and alerted to narcotics.

Moore was arrested on preliminary charges of:

Possession of a Controlled Substance;
Possession of Marijuana; and,
Operating a Motor Vehicle while Intoxicated/Drugs

She has since been released.