If you're a minor criminal, there's really NOTHING that's more effective for getting the cops to hunt you down than this.

Last week, the cops in Moses Lake, Washington pulled over a 27-year-old guy named Giovanni Powell for driving with a suspended license.

A 19-year-old woman named Kayla Irizzary was in the car, and since she wasn't breaking any laws, the cops let her go.

But then they searched the car, and they found her purse . . . which had her ID, a gun, and some heroin.  She's a convicted felon, so she can't own a gun.

Meanwhile, when she got home, she hopped on the police department's Facebook page and BRAGGED about how she got away from them.   So, of course, they started focusing on finding her.  

And on Saturday, they tracked her down and arrested her after a quick chase.

She's facing charges for unlawful possession of a firearm and possession of heroin.