VPD officers make a drug and gun arrest at routine traffic stop

Vicksburg police officers arrested a man Sunday on drug and gun charges at a routine traffic stop.

Officers stopped Jamal Williams, 33, on Halls Ferry Road for an expired tag just before 10:30 a.m. Sunday and discovered cocaine and a .40-caliber Smith and Wesson pistol in the vehicle.

William was arrested and charged with possession of cocaine and possession of a firearm by a felon.

In his initial court appearance Sunday before Judge Angela Carpenter in Vicksburg Municipal Court, Carpenter bound him over to the Warren County grand jury on a $100,000 bond.