(KNZA)--A Valley Falls woman was arrested on drug charges following an early Monday morning traffic stop in Jackson County.

Jackson County Sheriff Tim Morse, in a release, said shortly before 12:30 a Sheriff's deputy conducted a traffic stop on a Mercedes SUV near 150th and Q. Roads.

Morse said a Sheriff's Office K-9 alerted to the presence of illegal drug within the vehicle.

A search of the vehicle ended with the driver, 39-year-old Shantel Simmons, being arrested for possession of methamphetamine and possession of drug paraphernalia.

Following her arrest, Simmons was booked into the Jackson County Jail.