William Gehring/Credit: Atchison Police Dept.

(KAIR)--A 48-year-old Kansas City, Missouri man is facing charges, including for drug possession, following a mid-week Atchison traffic stop.

In a release, Atchison Police Chief Mike Wilson says an officer on patrol stopped a Ford Taurus for a traffic violation around 4:15 Wednesday afternoon in the 700 block of North 11th Street.

The release says the driver, 48-year-old William Gehring of Kansas City, Missouri, was found in the alleged possession of illegal drugs and transporting an open container.

Wilson’s release says Gehring is facing charges of possession of cocaine, possession of methamphetamine, possession of marijuana, transporting an open container, and illegal use of a vehicle tag.

Once in police custody, Gehring was booked into the Atchison County Jail.