Passenger arrested after stop for broken taillights

Angela Pugh
Angela Pugh

Columbus police arrested 37-year-old Angela Pugh on drug charges after a traffic stop Sunday night near Seventh Street and Central Avenue.

Officers stopped the vehicle at about 10 p.m. because it didn’t have working taillights. Police say that Pugh, a passenger in the vehicle, was acting strangely and a police dog alerted to the smell of narcotics.

Meth and drug paraphernalia were allegedly found in a bag she was carrying She was arrested on preliminary charges of possessing the drug, a smoking device and paraphernalia.