Holmes County traffic stop yields drug arrest …………

By | October 11, 2019

Released by the Holmes County Sheriff’s Office  …

HOLMES COUNTY – The Holmes County Sheriff’s Department reports that a traffic stop in the Noma community led to the arrest of a Bonifay man the evening of Wednesday, October 9.


A deputy with the Holmes County Sheriff’s Office initiated the stop shortly before 10 p.m. in the area of Bush Road and Baxley Road.


A records check through dispatch revealed the driver, identified as 25-year-old Jesse A. Hughes, did not have a valid driver’s license.


Hughes gave consent for a search of the vehicle, during which the deputy found rolling papers, a digital scale, and a glass pipe which contained a white crystal-like substance that tested positive for methamphetamine.


Hughes was arrested and charged with possession of methamphetamine and possession of drug paraphernalia.