A Chatham man and a Simsboro woman were arrested Wednesday night by Lincoln Parish deputies after drugs were found on them during a traffic stop.
A gray Dodge Caravan stopped on South Farmerville Street about 10:20 p.m. Wednesday when a deputy on patrol saw it did not have a license plate.
A passenger in the Dodge told deputies her name was Wendy Swain. When asked later, she said her name was Chelsea Swain, 32, of Simsboro. Swain admitted giving a false name because she knew there were warrants for her arrest.
When Swain was asked if she had anything illegal, she said yes and retrieved three syringes and a glass smoking pipe from her crotch. The pipe contained suspected methamphetamine.
Gregory T. Rayner, 27, of Chatham, was also a passenger in the Dodge. Rayner was searched, and four strips of suspected buprenorphine and naloxone were found.
The two were arrested and taken to the Lincoln Parish Detention Center. Swain was booked for possession of methamphetamine, resisting an officer by providing false information, a warrant from Ruston Police for theft less than $1,000, and four warrants from Grambling Police for possession of methamphetamine, possession of alprazolam with intent to distribute, resisting an officer, and possession of drug paraphernalia. Bail was set at $14,500.
Rayner was booked for possession of a Schedule III controlled substance. Bail was set at $1,500.
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