Traffic violation leads to drug arrest

A Farmerville man was arrested last Tuesday after he was stopped in Lincoln Parish for not wearing a seat belt and drugs were found in his vehicle.

Joshua Taylor, 43, was stopped on Arnold Road by officers of the Lincoln Parish Narcotics Enforcement Team for driving without a seat belt.

Taylor displayed nervous behavior when asked about narcotics in his vehicle. A drug detection dog was deployed around the outside of the vehicle. The K-9 alerted to the odor of narcotics coming from inside.


A search located methamphetamine and a glass smoking pipe containing marijuana residue. Taylor was arrested and taken to the Lincoln Parish Detention Center where he was booked for possession of methamphetamine, possession of drug paraphernalia, and no seat belt.

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