A Friday night traffic stop in Rockmart ended with the arrest of a man who had several grams of methamphetamine in his pocket, per Polk County Police reports.

Officers arrested Christopher Thomas Williams, 29, of a Rockmart address, after he and a driver were pulled over at the Smart Mart near the intersection of North Piedmont Avenue and Goodyear Avenue around 8:30 p.m. on Friday, March 31, 2023.

Per the report, the driver wasn’t found with anything, but a K-9 unit from Rockmart Police who were called out to sniff the car alerted to drugs in the car. An extensive search was conducted, and police did find a pipe with suspected marijuana inside.

Williams asked police several times why the car and later the pair were being searched, and officers gave him answers based on probable cause developed during the course of the traffic stop.

Before officers searched Williams, he ultimately admitted to having drugs on his person. Police searched his pockets and found a bag with 9.6 grams of methamphetamine inside.

He was taken into custody without further incident.

Williams was charged with felony possession of methamphetamine. He remained in the Polk County Jail with a $5,000 bond as of this posting on the single charge.

No charges were filed against the driver.