Authorities today announced that St. Tammany deputies busted a pair of alleged drug dealers after pulling them over.
"A routine traffic stop Saturday (September 19) night near Slidell uncovered a large amount of drugs and cash and a firearm," Sgt. Suzanne Carboni said in a news release.
It happened shortly before midnight Saturday.
"A St. Tammany Parish Sheriff’s deputy attempted a traffic stop on a black Kia Soul in the area U.S. Highway 190 East and Sunset Drive near Slidell. The vehicle ultimately stopped in the 100 block of Shamrock Drive."
Carboni says deputies smelled narcotics "emanating from the vehicle’s interior" and conducted a search.
The news release say they found:
· Approximately 52.4 grams of suspected heroin packaged for sale
· 7.1 grams of suspected powder cocaine
· 10.0 grams of suspected crack cocaine
· 18 suspected Methylenedioxymethamphetamine (MDMA) pills
· 105 grams of suspected marijuana
· $1017 in cash
· An assortment of drug paraphernalia
Carboni says that wasn't everything.
"The occupants admitted to deputies they had discarded several items from the vehicle as they were being pulled over, and during a search of the area, deputies located a pistol with an extended magazine in a ditch next to the vehicle."
Police arrested 31-year-old Darrell Coleman and 35-year-old Eldridge Brown on a string of drug and gun charges.
The stop was initiated because Coleman allegedly crossed the center line.
