Suspected Narcotics Found During Traffic Stop In Westlake: Police

WESTLAKE, OH — Officers found suspected narcotics in the car of an impaired driver on Thursday morning, a Westlake police spokesperson said.

At 8 a.m., an officer on patrol was flagged down by a resident. They told police there was an intoxicated driver in a parking lot on Detroit and Dover Center roads.

When officers arrived, they saw a woman repeatedly trying to start her car...while it was running and in drive, police said.

The driver believed her car battery was dead, she told police. She appeared impaired, but denied drinking, police said.

The woman claimed to be in a substance abuse program. She had to hang on to the driver's door when getting out of the car, police noted.

The woman was given field sobriety tests and then taken into custody by police. She faces charges of physical control of a motor vehicle, a police spokesperson said.

The woman later admitted to taking various narcotics before driving, and said she probably shouldn't be operating a car. One pill was found on the floor of her car and was sent to a laboratory for analysis, police said.