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Weekend traffic stop holds two for drugs

(KAIR)--A Jackson County traffic stop near Mayetta Saturday night, near 166th Road on U.S. Highway 75, lead to the arrest of two men on drug related charges.

According to a release from Jackson County Sheriff Tim Morse, a search of the vehicle, stopped by a deputy, "yielded a quantity of [suspected] methamphetamine," after a Sheriff's K-9 "alerted to the presence of an illegal substance within the vehicle."

The driver, 42-year-old Oskaloosa resident Michael Robertson, was arrested for driving under the influence, possession of methamphetamine, and drug paraphernalia.

The lone passenger, 32-year-old Randy Lee Hyatt, Jr., of Lawrence, was arrested for distribution of methamphetamine and possession of drug paraphernalia.

Once in custody, the duo was booked into the Jackson County Jail.

The traffic stop, resulting in the arrests, happened around 10:30 Saturday night.

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