Deputies with the Lafayette County Sheriff’s Office conducted a traffic stop on March 4 on Highway 6 West on a vehicle traveling at night without its headlights.

Deputies searched the vehicle due to the odor of marijuana emitting from inside the vehicle.

During the search, deputies located a handgun in the vehicle. Both the driver and passenger were both previously convicted felons.

As a result, Tyler Owens, 23, of Oxford, and Tarian Draper, 20, of Holly Springs, were both arrested for being felons in possession of a firearm. Owens and Draper were booked into the Lafayette County Detention Center.

Draper and Owens both appeared before a Justice Court Judge on Thursday and were each issued a $15,000 bond; however, a hold was placed on both individuals from the Mississippi Department of Corrections.