A broken or burned out headlight led local law enforcement to stop a car early Saturday morning on Alabama Highway 14, and, in the midst of the stop they discovered drug paraphernalia, marijuana and a mobile meth lab.

Selma resident Phillip Bryant, 22, remains in the Dallas County Jail charged with a number of drug-related charges and facing $332,000 in total bonds. He has been charged with unlawful possession of a controlled substance, unlawful possession of marijuana, trafficking meth, manufacturing a controlled substance, unlawful possession of drug paraphernalia and possession of precursors.

Those precursors identified were some of the needed ingredients in making meth.

According to officials with the 4th District Drug Task Force, State Troopers stopped a Ford Taurus on Alabama Highway 14 for a missing headline.

Once Troopers approached the car, they noticed the “distinct smell of marijuana.” Troopers then contacted the Drug Task Force, who then arrived and discovered the rest of the paraphernalia and meth lab.

“We have a close working relationship with the Alabama State Troopers. We’re here to help local law enforcement and that is what we were able to do Saturday morning,” Larry Colston, commander of the 4th District Drug Task Force.

A response unit was called in from Bibb County to handle the cleanup and packaging of the meth lab.

“We are going to continue to our efforts in finding, charging and convicting drug dealers and those who manufacture drugs,” District Attorney Michael Jackson said Saturday afternoon. The 4th District Drug Task Force is part of Jackson’s office.