Two Columbus residents were arrested after officers responded to a report of a suspicious vehicle on Friday night. Lt. Matt Harris, spokesman for the Columbus Police Department, says that Officer

Alyson Rech responded to a parking lot in the 2400 block of Beam Road at 8:40 p.m. in regards to two suspicious men inside a vehicle. When Officer Rech arrived, she noted that the passenger, 23-year-old Phillip L. Thompson, was holding a plastic needle cap that he tried to hide. Officers confirmed that Thompson was wanted on two Bartholomew County warrants and took him into custody. Harris says that a police K9 then arrived at the scene and detected the odor of narcotics inside the vehicle. The driver, 28-year-old Joshua D. Fox, got out of the vehicle and officers reported finding two syringes containing heroin, along with a glass pipe and marijuana near the driver’s seat.

Fox was arrested on preliminary charges of Possession of Heroin, Possession of Marijuana, Possession of Drug Paraphernalia and Possession of a Legend Drug Injection Device.