Sheriff’s Deputies in Mills County arrested a woman from Pottawattamie County on drug charges Saturday evening, after they responded at around 5:15-p.m. to the intersection of 221st Street and Highway 34 south of Glenwood, for a man who was having a seizure as his vehicle was in the ditch.

Deputies recognized the parties at the scene as Liam Whitehouse, the driver of the car, and his passenger, 27-year old Shialea Kay Cozad, of Council Bluffs. Whitehouse told Glenwood Rescue crews that he had taken a pill given to him by Cozad. Whitehouse was then transported to the hospital.

A K-9 search of the vehicle resulted in the discovery of a methamphetamine and marijuana pipe. A search of Cozad’s purse revealed a bag of methamphetamine, two different pills without prescriptions and a hypodermic needle. Cozad was arrested on two counts of unlawful possession of prescription drugs and one count each of possession of methamphetamine and possession of drug paraphernalia. She was taken to the Mills County Jail on $3,300 bond.

The K9 Unit was informed by another Mills County Deputy, that Cozad allegedly tried to toss something when the deputy arrived. The K9 alerted to a small bag of meth smashed into the snow under a foot print. The location happened to be where Cozad was first contacted by the deputy, and the bag was identical to one she had in her purse.