Jose Angel Gamboa Jr./Credit: Jackson County Sheriff's Office 

 

(KNZA)--A Topeka man is facing drug charges following a traffic stop in Jackson County last Friday morning.

Jackson County Sheriff Tim Morse says a deputy stopped a vehicle for speeding around 2:00 a.m. on U.S. 75 near the Shawnee County line.

During the stop, the deputy developed probable cause to search the vehicle. The driver, 45-year-old Jose Angel Gamboa Junior of Topeka, was removed from the vehicle and searched.

Morse says methamphetamine and a pipe were allegedly found on Gamboa.

A search of the vehicle also turned up suspected marijuana.

Gamboa was arrested and booked into the Jackson County Jail on charges of possession of methamphetamine, possession of marijuana, possession of drug paraphernalia and speeding.