EVANGELINE PARISH, La. (KALB) - A man was arrested for drug possession in Evangeline Parish during a traffic stop on April 30.

The Evangeline Parish Sheriff’s Office said deputies pulled over a vehicle with a license plate covered with a tinted plate cover in the area of 6th and Hickory Street.

EPSO said the driver was identified as Abbi A Fontenot and a passenger as Joseph Charles , 37. EPSO said Charles had an active warrant through Probation and Parole for the charges of three counts of simple burglary, possession of cocaine, possession of heroin, theft of a motor vehicle and simple escape Type I. Charles was detained and searched. EPSO said he possessed buprenorphine and naloxone sublingual film 8mg / 2mg (Schedule III).

EPSO said Charles advised them that it was his medication.

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