GROSSE TETE, La. (AP) - Iberville Parish sheriff deputies have arrested a 41-year-old Houston man and booked him with possession of more than 33 pounds of cocaine. Sheriff Brent Allain tells The Advocate deputies were conducting a traffic stops Thursday near Grosse Tete along Interstate 10 when they pulled over... more »
LAKE CHARLES, La. (AP) - A traffic stop near Lake Charles has landed two men in jail on drug charges. According to a Louisiana State Police news release, troopers on Tuesday stopped a car on Interstate 10 eastbound for a traffic violation. After the stop, authorities say they received permission... more »
Clinton - Louisiana State Troopers assigned to Troop A in Baton Rouge seized a pistol, four high-powered rifles, and hundreds of rounds of ammunition today following a traffic stop in East Feliciana Parish. Troopers were on patrol this morning at 10:30 a.m. when they stopped a 2002 Chevrolet Avalanche for... more »
On November 11, 2010, at approximately 11:15 pm, a Lafayette Police K-9 Officer conducted a traffic stop of a Honda Accord eastbound on I-10 near the Louisiana Avenue exit. The traffic stop yielded 14 pounds of marijuana that were packaged in 5 gallon buckets of roofing tar. The street value... more »
LIVONIA, La. - A Louisiana traffic stop led Texas authorities to the man accused of killing a 13-year-old girl in March 1996 and leaving her body under a bridge in Chambers County. Livonia Police Officer John Thibodaux stopped a car in January for swerving between lanes in Livonia. He... more »
On the morning of July 14, 2010, troopers with Louisiana State Police Troop D stopped a white 1999 Dodge pickup for a traffic violation on Interstate 10 eastbound near mile post 57 east of Welch in Jefferson Davis Parish. Troopers met with the driver of the vehicle, Mario Rodriguez Aguilero,... more »
The Lafayette Metro Narcotics Task Force I.C.E. unit conducted a traffic stop on a moving van for a traffic violation on I-10 near mile marker 101. After a K-9 alert on the vehicle a search of the vehicle was conducted. Metro Agents located 16 large bundles of marijuana which... more »
We have fought the illegal drug activity of this city for the past 7 plus years and we will continue to fight it under this administration," stated Chief of Police K.P. Gibson. These comments come after members of the narcotics unit recovered just over $71,000 in suspected drug money during... more »
The St. Mary Multi-Jurisdictional Drug Task Force, consisting of St. Mary Sheriff Dept., Morgan City Police Dept., Patterson Police Department Franklin Police Dept., Baldwin Police Dept., Berwick Police Dept., and Chitimacha Police Dept., report the following arrests:
Zachary Dupre age 18 of Canal St. Jeanerette, La and Jaimie Minor... more »