Town Talk staff

A nervous driver triggered the suspicions of Natchitoches Parish Sheriff's deputies who had stopped a pickup truck Friday night, leading to the arrests of two people on drug charges.

A truck driven by 41-year-old Vicki Shea Nelson on Keithville was pulled over late Friday for a traffic violation on La. Highway 1 near the Bayou Pierre area. Nelson was nervous, according to the release, and deputies "observed indicators that led them to believe criminal activity existed."

Deputies got permission to search the truck and its occupants, including Nelson and passenger Vincent Flores, 54, of the 800 block of Lake Loop Road in Robeline.

Nelson admitted that she had six suspected hydrocodone pills, according to the release. A search of the truck found a glass smoking pipe that contained suspected crystal meth. Both Nelson and Flores were arrested.

While being taken to the Natchitoches Parish Detention Center, a deputy spotted Nelson allegedly trying to hide more than 3 grams of crystal meth and snorting straws in the patrol unit, reads the release.

Nelson, of the 10500 block of Beechnut Drive, was charged with possession of hydrocodone, two counts of possession of crystal meth, criminal obstruction of justice and possession of drug paraphernalia. Nelson told deputies that she had taken the meth, which was in baggies, from inside her pants while being handcuffed into the unit's rear seat, according to the release.

Flores was charged with possession of crystal meth and possession of drug paraphernalia.

Both remain in jail, awaiting bond, according to the release.