Traffic stop turns into drug arrest

After a speeding stop turned into a drug search, a 38-year-old Kalispell woman is facing several drug charges in Lincoln County. 

According to police reports, on July 10, 2024, a Lincoln County Sheriff's deputy stopped a Black 2012 Honda Accord traveling south on U.S. 2, going 60 mph in a 50 mph zone.  The driver of the vehicle provided the registration but not a license or insurance. 

The two women in the car were identified, one of them being Kystal Marie Fuller, who had a warrant out for her arrest.

Fuller was arrested, and a K9 unit did a positive sweep of the car. The vehicle was seized, and deputies found suspected fentanyl, a scale, razor, fentanyl pills, a loaded syringe, a meth pipe and meth, drug paraphernalia, another man’s wallet, Xanax, suboxone strips, oxycodone pills, Fuller’s Venmo card, $367 in cash and two torches.

Fuller told police that she found the wallet on the highway and intended to return it to the owner.
In the initial appearance in court on May 6, Fuller was charged with criminal possession of drugs with intent to distribute (fentanyl) and criminal possession of a dangerous drug. 

She faces up to $55,000 in fines and a jail term of up to 45 years, with a minimum of two years. She posted the $50,000.