Officers Arrest Berryville Man On Drug Charges After Traffic Stop
Last updated Tuesday, September 2, 2008 8:53 PM CDT in News
By THE MORNING NEWS
ROGERS -- A routine traffic stop resulted in a felony drug arrest on Monday.
William Jackson, 31, 3663 Cypress Lane, Berryville, driving a white passenger car, was observed not using a signal to turn at Cypress Street and Dixieland Road, according to a news release.
An officer again saw the motorist not using traffic signals and stopped the motorist around the 100 block of Dixieland, said Lt. Mike Johnson, a public information officer.
The officer saw a pipe used for smoking marijuana in the vehicle, according to the news release.
Police searched Jackson's vehicle and found containers with peyote plants or mescaline, suspected psilocybin mushrooms and a small amount of marijuana.
Mescaline is a hallucinogen extracted from a peyote plant, according to the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration Web site.
Johnson said it's rare for Rogers officers to come into contact with peyote or mushrooms.
Jackson was arrested in connection with two felony counts of manufacturing a controlled substance and misdemeanor possession of a controlled or counterfeit substance, possession of drug paraphernalia and failing to signal.
Jackson was being held Tuesday in the Benton County Jail in lieu of a $5,000 bond.
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