A routine traffic stop leads to a drug arrest and an arrest on an outstanding warrant in Parsons.

Earlier this week, a Parsons Police Department officer conducted a traffic stop in the 100 block of North 10th street. There were three adults in the vehicle and the officer recognized one of them as 31-year-old Brandon Markise Kindrick, despite his efforts to conceal his identity. A deputy arrived to assist utilizing his K-9, Memphis and indicated that there were illegal drugs in the car.

The search of the vehicle revealed a backpack with drugs and a firearm in it. The backpack was in the same location as Kindrick, who was arrested on charges of four counts of possession of a controlled substance criminal Possession of a firearm by a felon, distribution of a controlled substance and a probation violation warrant.