NORFOLK, Neb. -- A 21-year-old man is facing charges of possessing a controlled substance after police reportedly found him passed out on a northeast Nebraska sidewalk.

Shortly after 6:00 p.m. Tuesday, Norfolk Police were called to the 200 block of Madison Avenue to check the welfare of a male subject who was lying on the sidewalk passed out. According to Norfolk Police Capt. Michael Bauer, there was a credit card on the man's stomach, his driver’s license under his leg, and an open cigarette box. Officers had trouble waking the man, Bauer said.

According to Bauer, officers collected the credit card, driver’s license, and cigarette box as they continued to try to stir him. When they collected the open cigarette box, an officer reportedly saw a clear plastic baggie containing green pills, which the officer recognized as Xanax.

Eventually officers were able to wake the man, who had no current address at the time. Officers explained why they were there and questioned him about the prescription medication He did not have a prescription for it, Bauer said. 

The man was arrested for possession of a controlled substance. He was housed in the Norfolk City Jail and later transferred to the Madison County Jail.