A sobriety checkpoint that Mahoning Township police conducted on Sunday along Mill Road in the township resulted in a Nesquehoning man being arrested on drug charges.

Police said they conducted the checkpoint in front of the Mahoning Valley Ambulance Building, during which time police stopped Romero McLain, 29.After detecting a strong odor of marijuana inside McLain's Audi, officers found over $1,500 in cash and three bags of marijuana. Police said the man admitted that he had smoked the marijuana.Police said during the processing of McLain for incarceration at the Carbon County Correctional Facility in Nesquehoning, prison staff found he had hidden marijuana and cocaine inside his boxer shorts.The man is charged with felony counts of possession of drugs with intent to manufacture or deliver and possession of contraband; misdemeanor charges of possession of drug paraphernalia and driving under the influence of a controlled substance; and a summary charge of driving while operating privilege is suspended or revoked.Additional DUI charges are pending the results of a blood test.McLain remains in prison pending a preliminary hearing scheduled for April 8. At the time of his arrest, he was on probation ordered by the county court.