Lafayette Sheriff’s Office Makes a Drug Bust on I-10

(Lafayette, LA) - Officers with the Lafayette Parish Sheriff's Office Criminal Patrol Unit were able to make a drug bust after pulling over a driver on Interstate 10.

According to the Sheriff's Office, officers ended up conducting a traffic stop of 31-year-old David Butler on I-10. They say agents smelled marijuana, and with that probable cause, they searched the vehicle.

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What Lafayette Parish Criminal Patrol Unit Deputies Found During I-10 Drug Bust

Officers recovered the following drugs during the search:

• 1,995 grams of crystal methamphetamine
• 2,155 grams of methamphetamine tablets
• 60 Tapentadol tablets
• 11 Xanax tablets
• 2.5 grams of marijuana
• 24 16-ounce bottles of Promethazine

Charges Against David Butler, the Man Driving a Vehicle with Drugs Inside

Butler is now facing multiple charges, and he was booked into the Lafayette Parish Correctional Center on the following charges:

• Possession with Intent to Distribute Schedule II (Crystal Methamphetamine)
• Possession with Intent to Distribute Schedule II (Methamphetamine Tablets)
• Possession with Intent to Distribute Schedule II (Tapentadol)
• Possession of Schedule IV (Xanax)
• Possession of Schedule I (Marijuana)
• Possession of a Legend Drug Without a Prescription (Promethazine)

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Public Information Officer Chris Cormier says the investigation is ongoing.