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Emmet County Traffic Stop Lands Southern Minnesota Man In Jail On Multiple Charges

July 05, 2023 Steve Schwaller

(Estherville)– Authorities in Emmet county have released details into a traffic stop back on June 10th that resulted in the arrest of a Minnesota man on multiple charges.

The Sheriff’s Office says a deputy pulled over a vehicle on 175th Street near Maple Hill a little before 4:00 am that morning and found a controlled substance and drug paraphernalia while searching the vehicle.

The driver, Jose Hugo Quintanilla Flores of Madelia, Minnesota was arrested and charged with possession of a controlled substance…methamphetamine; possession of drug paraphernalia; failure to obey a traffic control device, failure to provide proof of financial liability, improper brake light and no driver’s license. He was booked into the Emmet county jail.