(Greenfield, Iowa) – The Adair County Sheriff’s Department reports the arrest January 4th on drug charges, of a man from Clearfield. Stuart Police arrested 29-year-old Mikel Olin Hilton at around 2:30-a.m., Thursday, following a traffic stop at the Stuart exit off Interstate 80. The vehicle was pulled over because an Officer observed there were no working taillights on the 2006 Ford Mustang.

Upon further investigation, and while speaking with the driver, identified as Mikel Hilton, the Officer detected the odor of marijuana coming from the vehicle. Hilton admitted to possessing about one-half ounce of marijuana, THC wax, a methamphetamine bong, and other drug paraphernalia.

A Probable Cause search of the car was conducted, during which the marijuana and paraphernalia were found, along with a pipe containing burned marijuana residue. The evidence was seized and Hilton arrested for Possession of a Controlled Substance-2nd offense/Marijuana, and Possession of drug paraphernalia.

Hilton was released from the Adair County Jail about 2 hours later on a $2,300 cash or surety bond.