(KNZA)--A Jackson County traffic stop leads to the arrest of a former Hiawatha man on drug charges.

Jackson  County Sheriff Tim Morse, in a news release, said 40-year-old Charles Barrand, of Topeka, was arrested Monday evening following a traffic stop in Holton.

Morse said Barrand was allegedly driving a recreational vehicle near 4th and Montana when a Jackson County Sheriff's deputy initiated a traffic stop on the vehicle.  

He said deputies located a significant amount of what is believed to be methamphetamine and drug paraphernalia in the vehicle.

Barrand was booked into the Jackson County Jail on charges of possession of methamphetamine with the intent to distribute, possession of drug paraphernalia, felony interference with law enforcement, driving while revoked and no proof of insurance.