CRESTVIEW — A simple traffic stop yielded multiple charges against a Niceville woman who was pulled over in Crestview.

According to the Crestview Police Department, 27-year-old Layota D. Tape was in a car heading south on Ferdon Boulevard at 10:46 p.m. on Jan. 21 when a police officer noticed the car had a headlight out and stopped the driver.

When the officer spoke to the driver he noticed a powerful odor of marijuana coming from inside the car. He told the driver he would search it. The two were asked to stand at the officer’s patrol car. Tape initially leaned against the car, but then sat on a curb by a bush at the patrol car’s side. The officer told her to return to his cruiser.

The officer found only trace amounts of marijuana in the car, but when he searched the bush Tape had sat by he found a loaded .25-caliber pistol that was warm to the touch.

A records check indicated Tape had a previous felony conviction for possession of cocaine, so she was arrested for having a gun.

At the jail Tape was strip-searched. Officers found a bag containing a white, rocky substance and a green, leafy substance hidden in her genitals. The two tested positive for cocaine and marijuana.

She was charged with possession of a firearm by a convicted felon, possession of cocaine, smuggling contraband into a detention facility and possession of marijuana.

Her court date is March 8.