The Pike County Sheriff’s Office arrested a Pike County man on Sunday on three drug charges stemming from a simple traffic stop.

The Sheriff’s office stopped Gary Junior Hughes, 51, on Sunday for a switched license plate before finding drugs and drug paraphanelia in the vehicle according to Sgt. Kevin Childs with the Sheriff’s Office.

Childs said a 23-year-old female, Jessica Dease, admitted to having drug paraphenalia during the stop, which led the deputies to search the vehicle and find marijuana and several pieces of drug paraphenalia.

Dease was charged with one count of possession of drug paraphanelia and Hughes was charged with one count of possession of a controlled substance, possession of marijuana in the second degree and possession of drug paraphanelia.

Childs said the office is investigating to find the owner of the license plate that triggered the stop.