A 22-year-old Ruston man is in custody after an investigation by the Lincoln Parish Narcotics Enforcement Team into drug sales.
Ismael Amir Muhammad was arrested at his South Homer Street apartment Friday morning on four drug-related warrants from the recent investigation.
Additional charges came after Muhammad’s apartment was searched. Officers found numerous individual bags of marijuana and digital scales and packaging material commonly used to prepare controlled substances for sale.
The apartment is located across from the Louisiana Tech campus, a drug free zone.
Muhammad was taken to the Lincoln Parish Detention Center and booked for possession of marijuana with intent to distribute, violation of the controlled substances law in a drug free zone, possession of drug paraphernalia, and the four warrants, each charging distribution of a Schedule I drug and the drug free zone statute.
Bail was set at $212,500.
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