(KNZA)--A Brown County traffic stop leads to the arrest of a Horton man on drug charges.

Brown County Sheriff John Merchant said a deputy was on routine patrol near Hiawatha Monday when he encountered a vehicle with a tail light malfunction.

Upon initiating the traffic stop, he said the passenger, 35-year-old Nicholas Vanlaningham, was arrested on charges of possession of marijuana and possession of drug paraphernalia.

Vanlaningham was booked into the Brown County Jail where he remained in custody Tuesday afternoon. .

The incident remains under investigation.