MOULTRIE, Ga. — A Colquitt County man arrested four months ago on drug charges at a Moultrie residence believed to be a hangout for drug use and dealing was jailed again this week on new drug charges.

Joey Alexander Ybarra was one of three men in a 2017 Mitsubishi Mirage stopped by a deputy sheriff at about 12:11 a.m. Tuesday in the 200 block of Lakeside Drive.

The officer noticed that the passenger-side headlight was not working while patrolling in the area of 19th Street Northeast and Hutchinson Drive, police said.

When asked their destination, police said, Ybarra said that the men were taking him home to pick up some soup he left at his house.

The driver, Tommy Brumbley, allowed the deputy to search the car, police said. In the back seat he found a Pall Mall cigarette package inside which was a plastic bag containing suspected methamphetamine tucked between the cigarettes.

All three men denied ownership of the cigarette package and contents.

After additional investigation, Ybarra, 45, 163 Dick Traylor Road, was charged with possession of methamphetamine and open container in vehicle.

In July, Moultrie police arrested Ybarra after a search of a residence in the 500 block of First Street Southeast — practically next door to a church — where he was thought to be a resident at the time. Police were acting on tips that drugs were being used and sold there.

The operation netted three additional arrests on charges ranging from obstruction of a police officer to meth possession.

Ybarra was charged at the time with possession of a drug-related object and possession of a Schedule IV controlled substance.