JACKSON COUNTY—Law enforcement authorities are investigating two Kansas women on drug charges after a traffic stop.
On May 20, a sheriff's deputy stopped a Honda passenger car for a traffic infraction on 198th Road west of U.S. Highway 75, according to Sheriff Tim Morse.
A Police narcotics K-9 alerted on the vehicle, and deputies located contraband inside the vehicle.
Deputies arrested the driver 41-year-old Rhonda Renee Nicanor-Salvado and booked her into the Jackson County Jail on a requested charge of possession of heroin, possession of drug paraphernalia, possession of stolen property, driving while suspended and no insurance.
They also arrested her passenger, Kendra Denise Parrish, 33, of Lawrence and and booked her into the Jackson County Jail on a requested charges of possession of heroin, possession of drug paraphernalia and interference with law enforcement.