Two men were arrested Wednesday after drugs and firearms were found in their vehicle.
Lincoln Parish Deputy J. McHenry stopped a Toyota pickup truck Wednesday afternoon after the driver was observed not wearing a seat belt. The driver, Bradley W. Foust, 40, of Bernice, was determined to be an unlicensed driver.
A search of the pickup revealed a bag of suspected methamphetamine and two glass pipes with suspected meth residue. Two firearms were found, a pistol and a rifle, both within reach of the driver and the passenger, Nicholas W. Childers, 41, of Hot Springs, Ark.
After his arrest, Childers told Deputy McHenry he had more drugs inside his shoe. He said Bradley asked him to hold it for him as the stop was being made. Childers said he did not know what was inside the paper. McHenry retrieved and opened the paper and found more suspected methamphetamine and cocaine.
A records check showed Childers was a convicted felon and not allowed to possess firearms.
The stop was made near Calvary Baptist Church in Vienna, a drug free zone under Louisiana’s Uniform Controlled Dangerous Substance Law.
Foust and Childers were booked at the Lincoln Parish Detention Center for possession of methamphetamine, possession of cocaine, possession of drug paraphernalia, violation of drug free zone, and possession of a firearm in the presence of a controlled substance.
Foust was additionally booked for no driver’s license and no seatbelt. Childers was also charged with possession of a firearm by a convicted felon.
Bail had not been set at press time.
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