Louisiana State Police conducts multi-parish drug bust
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GRAY, La. (WGNO) — Several arrests have been made and multiple drugs have been seized following months of investigation into a possible drug trafficking operation through four parishes.
In January, detectives with the Louisiana State Police Criminal Investigations Division-Houma Field Office began investigating in Terrebonne, Lafourche, St. Mary and Avoyelles parishes.
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With the support of Homeland Security Investigations New Orleans, Terrebonne Parish Sheriff’s Office, Houma Police Department, St. Mary Parish Sheriff’s Office and Lafourche Parish Sheriff’s Office, detectives report finding:
56 grams of heroin/fentanyl mixtures
366 fentanyl pills
200 grams of methamphetamine
396 grams of powder cocaine
20.7 grams of crack cocaine
575 grams of marijuana
14 ecstasy/MDMA pills
44.8 grams of powdered ecstasy/MDMA
127 Xanax/hydrocodone/oxycodone pills
Additionally, detectives also found $10,375, a vehicle and a gun.
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The following people were arrested and booked into the Terrebonne Parish Criminal Justice Complex on the following charges:
33-year-old Jeffery Williams Jr. (33, Gibson, LA): drug racketeering, distribution of a CDS Schedule I, two counts of distribution of a CDS Schedule II and transactions involving drug proceeds
55-year-old Christopher Diano: drug racketeering
60-year-old Craig Albarado: drug racketeering
49-year-old Lucius Romero Jr.: drug racketeering
The following were arrested and booked into the Lafourche Parish Correctional Complex
45-year-old Clarence Jones: drug racketeering
34-year-old Justin Lawson: drug racketeering
49-year-old Michael Robichaux: drug racketeering
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