North Charleston Police (NCPD) arrested a 31-year-old man Friday on a charge of third-offense methamphetamine possession.

Just before 1 a.m., an officer responded to the Comfort Inn on Saul White Boulevard after hotel management reported that a man was asleep on the property and requested that he be removed.

When the officer arrived, he found a man asleep on a bench. According to the police report, a bag on the man's lap contained a white crystalline substance that appeared to be methamphetamine. The officer also observed a used syringe beneath the man's arm and a makeshift tourniquet around his leg.

The officer seized the suspected narcotics and woke the man, identified as 31-year-old Aaron Dean Ostrander of Cross, SC. A probable cause search was conducted, and a field test of the substance returned a presumptive positive result for methamphetamine. The substance weighed approximately 1.3 grams.

Ostrander was charged with Possession of Methamphetamine, Third Offense, and was transported to the Al Cannon Detention Center.