Handgun, drugs, credit cards found during central Nebraska traffic stop

SHELTON, Neb. -- Authorities have arrested a man after finding pot and a gun during a traffic stop.

The Nebraska State Patrol says a trooper stopped a speeding sedan on I-80 three miles west of the Shelton interchange.

NSP said during the stop that the trooper became suspicious of criminal activity. A search of the car turned up more than one pound of marijuana, a handgun and multiple credit cards that did not belong to the driver.

24-year-old Maurice Bowman, of Las Vegas, Nev., was arrested on several charges.