BEATRICE – Police observing a vehicle with a rear false tag displaying a major league baseball team’s logo, led to the arrests of two Missouri residents on suspected drug violations.

A Beatrice Police officer Tuesday morning at around 4:20, saw a red Chevrolet pickup at 6th and Lincoln….displaying a St. Louis Cardinals major league baseball logo instead of a state-issued license plate.  The officer later pulled the driver over near 24th and Lincoln and found that the truck had a fictitious front plate out of the state of Missouri.

During questioning of the driver, the officer was granted consent to search the vehicle, finding a bag in the belongings of a passenger that contained a substance which field-tested positive, as methamphetamine.

The passenger was detained and taken to jail.  A pipe with burnt narcotics residue was recovered from the female passenger during a full body scan at the Gage County jail.

After the driver was initially released from the traffic stop, authorities later arrested him after he arrived at the jail for the pending release of the passenger.  Officers had observed the pickup at a local motel and coordinated an arrest with county jail staff.

The driver…..47-year-old Shawn Primeau , of Wright City, Missouri was cited for possession of a controlled substance and 3rrd degree domestic assault. The passenger, 47-year-old Amanda Sylvester, of St. Charles, Missouri….was cited for possession of a controlled substance and possession of drug paraphernalia.