A Phelps County woman and a Pulaski County man are arrested on drug charges during a traffic stop in Texas County.

The Texas County Sheriff’s Office says a deputy stopped a pickup truck on Harry Road in the Licking area around 1:00 Thursday morning for a registration violation.  The deputy gained consent to search the vehicle and as the driver stepped out, she dropped a container.  The deputy says methamphetamine was found in the container.  Another three bags, each containing about four grams of methamphetamine, were found in the truck, along with drug paraphernalia.

The driver, Rosella Egan, 49, of Edgar Springs, and a passenger, Earl Wieprecht, 43, of St. Robert, were taken into custody and charged with delivery of a controlled substance.  Egan was being held on $150,000 bond and Wieprecht was being held on $250,000 bond.