Morgan City Man Busted After Drug Raid
Narcotics agents with the St. Mary Parish Sheriff's Office executed a search warrant at 121B Eleventh Street in Morgan City, and they arrested 33-year-old Irvin Celestine Jr.
Agents say they found multiple bags of pot, a bag of cocaine, digital scales, $676.00, plastic baggies and a gun.
They say the convicted felon was arrested on the following charges:
- Possession of marijuana with intent to distribute
- Possession of cocaine
- Possession of drug paraphernalia
- Violation of a controlled dangerous substance in a drug free zone
- Transactions involving drug proceeds
- Possession of a firearm by a convicted felon
- Possession of a firearm in the presence of a controlled dangerous subtance
Celestine's home is also within two thousand feet of a church which is a drug free zone.
He was booked into the St. Mary Parish Jail.