Jamestown, CA…Late Monday night a Tuolumne Sheriff’s Sergeant conducted a traffic enforcement stop at Wigwam Road in Jamestown on a black Saturn for expired registration. The driver, 44-year-old Michael Holder of Turlock, told the Sergeant his drivers license was suspended and a records check revealed he was on post release community supervision.

K-9 Maverick arrived on scene to conduct a sniff of the vehicle and alerted to the odor of a narcotic substance. Two bags totaling over 14 grams of methamphetamine were found hidden behind the driver’s side dash panel of the Saturn.

Holder was arrested and booked into the Tuolumne County Jail for possession and transportation of a controlled substance for sale, felon in possession of pepper spray and driving with a suspended license.