BARTON COUNTY —Law enforcement authorities are investigating a wanted suspect on new charges after an early morning traffic stop.

Just before 1a.m. Thursday police stopped a vehicle in the 1000 Block of Heizer in Great Bend, according to a media release from police chief David Bailey.

The driver made contact with the driver identified as 39-year-old Eugene Black. He was wanted on a number of arrest warrants, according to police.

Officers also deployed the police department’s K-9 Laser which helped officers find illegal drugs in the vehicle. Offices seized the drugs and weapons.

Black was jailed for possession of meth, marijuana and cocaine within 1000 feet of a school. He is also facing a weapons charge, according to police. Black is being held on a $100,000 Bond.

He has previous convictions for stalking, theft, battery, violation of a protection order, flee/attempt to elude and drugs, according to the Kansas Department of Corrections.