A driver was arrested on drug charges after allegedly switching lanes without a turn signal in front of a Bartholomew County deputy yesterday afternoon.

29-year-old Shane Medaris of Columbus is facing preliminary charges of possession of Heroin and driving while suspended.

The sheriff’s department reports that Deputy Matt Bush was driving north on U.S. 31 near Taylorsville about 3:06 yesterday afternoon when he noticed a car pull out of a convenience store and switch lanes without using a turn signal. The driver then allegedly did it again, pulling off onto Heflin Park Road into another convenience store.

Bush’s police dog partner Diesel alerted to the smell of narcotics inside the vehicle and the deputy allegedly found a baggie of heroin in a coffee cup Medaris was sipping from.