MCCRACKEN COUNTY - A traffic stop in McCracken County Thursday night led to the arrest of a Caldwell County woman on methamphetamine charges.

The McCracken County Sheriff's Office says deputies conducted a traffic stop on a moped for a traffic violation at the intersection of Benton Road and Kentucky Street. During the investigation deputies learned that the passenger, 28-year-old Virginia Burton of Fredonia, was in possession of suspected methamphetamine.

Burton was arrested and lodged at the McCracken County Regional Jail. She's charged with possession of meth and possession of drug paraphernalia.