BEATRICE – A Beatrice man was arrested Thursday night on suspicion of weapon and drug violations….following a traffic stop in which an officer noticed a vehicle where both registered owners were on suspended licenses.

Just after 8 p.m., an officer observed a white Chevrolet Tahoe northbound on Sixth traveling toward Market Street.  The officer stopped the vehicle at 9th and Market.  In speaking to the two male occupants, the officer noticed a knife under the middle console.  After taking possession of the knife and conducting  a records check, the officer found that one of the occupants was a convicted felon.

A subsequent probable cause search of the vehicle uncovered ten knives….one with a blade of over four inches long.  The officer also recovered a straw with residue that field-tested as methamphetamine.

Arrested was 45-year-old Ashley Nielsen on suspicion of possession of a deadly weapon by a prohibited person, possession of a controlled substance and possession of a deadly weapon during commission of a felony.

Nielsen was taken to the Gage County Jail.