A Kalispell man is facing charges of felony criminal possession of dangerous drugs with intent to distribute after a Montana Highway Patrol trooper allegedly caught him with drugs hidden in his underpants on Friday.

According to court documents, William Glenn Hawk, 52, was stopped by a trooper on U.S. 2 in Evergreen after the trooper allegedly noticed Hawk nearly run off the road while looking at a cell phone.

During the traffic stop, the trooper noted Hawk had sunken cheeks, an open sore on his face and syringes in plain sight, which made the officer suspect drug use. Hawk allegedly claimed he had been clean from using meth for two weeks and that the syringes were left in the vehicle by a friend. A female passenger claimed the syringes belonged to her because she was diabetic.

The officer allegedly found a digital scale in the console during a search, along with jewel baggies, a broken meth pipe, a marijuana cigarette, a Alpazolam pill, a Clonazepam pill and a marijuana pipe.

Hawk was taken to the Flathead County Detention Center where he advised officers that he had meth hidden under his genitals. Hawk then allegedly pulled a bag of methamphetamine from his underwear. The bag weighed 12 grams.

At the time of his arrest, Hawk was out on bail for a felony criminal possession of dangerous drugs charge that alleges Hawk was caught Sept. 17 with a large sum of cash and a bag of suspected methamphetamine that fell out of his pockets at the Shamrock Apartments. Hawk gave consent to search his apartment where there were allegedly syringes all over the floor, counter tops and floating in the toilet. The methamphetamine confiscated weighed 12.3 grams.

Hawk has pleaded not guilty in that case and is awaiting trial. He will be arraigned on the most recent charge on Nov. 17. His bond has been set at $50,000.

Reporter Megan Strickland can be reached at 758-4459 or mstrickland@dailyinterlake.com.