Dubach Police arrested a local man last Tuesday evening after an officer who stopped him found numerous traffic violations and drug offenses.
Noe Gutierrez de Leon, 44, of Dubach was stopped for a lighting violation on his vehicle about 7 p.m. Tuesday. The officer discovered the license plate on de Leon’s white Lincoln Navigator was supposed to be displayed on a blue Ford pickup truck.
De Leon said he knew the license plate was false and that he had planned to take care of the matter when he was paid. The officer determined de Leon did not have a valid license and had not registered the vehicle.
A search of the Navigator located a glass smoking pipe containing a substance believed to be methamphetamine. De Leon was arrested and booked at the Lincoln Parish Detention Center for possession of methamphetamine, possession of drug paraphernalia, switched license plate, failure to register a vehicle, an improper lighting violation, and expired driver’s license.
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