A suspected drug dealer with a long history of arrests is in jail yet again on drug charges.
Rayne Police Chief Carroll Stelly says they arrested 28-year-old Forrest Charles on various drug charges.
"Charles is a mid-level narcotics distributor within the Rayne area, and his arrest will disrupt a portion of the crack cocaine market," Stelly said...
One woman didn't learn the first time. Calcasieu Parish drug agents say they stopped Nedra Johnson of Houston for a traffic violation on I-10 eastbound near Westlake.
A jury indicts a man accused of trafficking drugs into Acadiana. Prosecutor Stephanie Finley says Antonio Valdez, Jr. of Weslaco, Texas, was a part of a group that would use 18-wheelers, SUVs and other vehicles to smuggle in hundreds of kilos of cocaine and thousands of pounds of marijuana from Mexico into the area and other parts of the US.
Nearly 16 years in prison. That's what Jessie Alfred of Scott was given earlier this week for his role in a drug trafficking group based out of Lafayette.
A couple of drug arrests in St. Mary Parish. Authorities say Cheddrick Robertson of Franklin was arrested yesterday on cocaine charges while Bradley Kinkle of Stephensville was arrested on a warrant for Distribution of Loritab.
The first sentence has been handed down for a drug trafficking group operating locally. Damien Victor of Lafayette was sentenced to 16 years in prison and 5 years supervised release following that for his role in the group that distributed crack and cocaine within the Truman neighborhood area in Lafayette.
A couple of drug busts in Acadiana. In the first bust, the Lafayette Metro Narcotics Task Force says they found over $12,000 worth of drugs Thursday at a house on Evangeline Thruway.
Police were on patrol when they noticed that Fabian Ward threw something out of his vehicle when police began to chase him. After police chased him down, they found out that the things thrown from his window were bags of cocaine. He was arrested on charges of possession of cocaine with intent to distribute, Possession of Loritab, Obstruction of Justice, Introduction of Contraband into a Penal Faci