(Percival) Two people were arrested on drug charges following a traffic stop in Fremont County.
The Fremont County Sheriff’s Office says Deputies stopped a vehicle for speeding in the area of 200th Street and 200th Avenue near Percival at around 12:49 this morning. Deputies made contact with the driver, 26-year-old Allen James McGinnis of North Platte, Nebraska, and a passenger, 36-year-old Pamela Louise Cahoy of Thurman, Iowa.
Deputies conducted a probable cause search of the vehicle and discovered approximately 9.04 oz of a brown liquid that field tested positive for methamphetamine, and drug paraphernalia. After entering the jail, it was discovered that Cahoy had approximately 10 grams of a crystalline substance that field tested positive for methamphetamine concealed in a body cavity.
McGinnis was charged with Possession of a Controlled Substance, (methamphetamine), and Possession of Drug Paraphernalia.
Cahoy was charged with Possession of a Controlled Substance, (methamphetamine), Possession of Drug Paraphernalia, and Introducing Drugs into a Correctional Facility.
More charges are pending in this case.