A routine traffic stop by Sallisaw Police ended in the arrest of a local man after police found an alleged drug lab and stolen property in his vehicle.

Larry Dwayne Aaron, 48, was booked into the Sequoyah County Jail in Sallisaw on charges of endeavoring to manufacture methamphetamine and possession of stolen property, Sallisaw Police Chief Gary Philpot said. He is currently being held on no bond in the county jail.

Philpot said Officer Justin Smithson was on patrol when he stopped Aaron for speeding, and while speaking with Aaron, Smithson noticed a syringe under the seat of his vehicle. As a result, Smithson's drug dog alerted the officer to drugs in the vehicle, and Aaron was arrested.

During an inventory of the vehicle, officers found the components of an alleged methamphetamine lab and property consistent with items recently stolen from several storage buildings in the city, Philpot said. He said there has been several thefts from storage building over the last several weeks.