NORTH COAST, Calif. – A weekend vehicle stop led to the arrest of one Lake County resident on a warrant and citations for another for drugs and driving on a suspended driver’s license.

Sgt. Mike Dygert of the Mendocino County Sheriff’s Office said the vehicle stop led to the arrest of 47-year-old Suelamatra Castillo of Nice and a citation for 44-year-old Christoper Ray of Lakeport.

On Saturday at about 4 p.m. an on-duty Mendocino County Sheriff’s deputy observed a vehicle being driven in the area of the 7000 block of north State Street in Calpella with expired vehicle registration. The driver of the vehicle pulled into a business parking lot, Dygert said.

The deputy made contact with the occupants of the vehicle and contacted the driver, Ray, and his passenger, Castillo, according to Dygert.

Dygert said the deputy learned Ray’s driver’s license was suspended and Castillo had provided the deputy with a false name.

During a search of the vehicle, the deputy located illicit drugs and drug paraphernalia belonging to Ray. Dygert said the deputy also learned Castillo had an outstanding no-bail felony warrant for her arrest from Lake County for being a felon in possession of a firearm.

Ray was issued a notice to appear citation for the misdemeanor possession of illicit drugs, misdemeanor possession of drug paraphernalia and driving on a suspended driver’s license, and he was released at the scene, Dygert said.

Dygert said Castillo was arrested for the listed felony arrest warrant and for providing the deputy with a false name.

Castillo was booked into the Mendocino County Jail on the listed violations and was to be held without bail per the felony arrest warrant, Dygert said.