Stephen Oswalt/Credit: Atchison Police

(KAIR)--An Atchison driver, accused of being asleep behind the wheel while in the lane of traffic of Atchison's River Road, is facing drug related charges following his arrest. 

Atchison Police Chief Mike Wilson says 62-year-old Stephen Oswalt was arrested Tuesday afternoon in the 400 block of River Road for possession of methamphetamine and possession of drug paraphernalia. 

The arrest came, a release from Wilsons says, around 4:20 when an officer on patrol observed a vehicle stopped in the southbound driving lane in the 400 block of River Road, with Oswalt, in the driver's seat, appearing to the officer to be either sleeping or passed out. 

During the investigation that followed, it's alleged, Wilson says, that Oswalt was found to be in possession of the meth and paraphernalia. 

Following his arrest, Oswalt was booked into the Atchison County Jail.