What police at first suspected was a drunk driver turned out to be a driver carrying heroin on National Road yesterday.

Columbus Police were called by a report of a witness who saw the suspicious vehicle at about 10:50 a.m. in the morning. Officers saw the car turn into a parking lot in the 2900 block of National Road. When the police approached, the driver was talking on his cell phone allegedly with an uncapped syringe sitting in his lap.

32-year-old William J. Stillabower was also found to be carrying heroin in his pocket, according to police reports.

He is facing preliminary charges of possession of a legend drug injection device and of heroin.