No plates on van, leads to Beatrice Police drug arrest
BEATRICE – Police made an arrest for suspected drug violations following a Wednesday night traffic stop along East Court Street in Beatrice.
An officer stopped a van that had no front or rear license plates, eastbound in the seven-hundred block of Court.
Police were given consent to search the vehicle by its owner. Police observed a purse on the front passenger seat that contained a glass stem recognized by an officer to be a methamphetamine smoking device. Police said the device contained suspected meth residue. Also recovered during the search of a passenger was a micro-baggie containing suspected methamphetamine.
Authorities arrested the passenger of the van, identified as 42-year-old Danyelle Watford of Beatrice. She was jailed on suspicion of possession of a controlled substance and possession of drug paraphernalia.