Deputies charge man with felony drug possession

Deputies arrested a man on drug-related charges Thursday evening during a safety checkpoint on Highway 429 and County Road 701, Sheriff Eric Clark reported. 

According to Clark, a truck driven by Jeffery Stuart approached the checkpoint and he told deputies that he did not have a driver’s license because it was suspended. 

Clark said deputies later noticed Stuart was digging around the passenger seat, which deputies later found a glass meth pipe and a pink pill bottle with a plastic baggy inside. 

Stuart was charged with felony possession of a controlled substance and other misdemeanor charges.

He was taken to Neshoba County Jail.