Ruston Police arrested a man on numerous drug charges last Saturday evening after he was found behind a closed Ruston business.
A RPD sergeant on patrol saw two men walking behind Green Clinic Saturday night while the business was closed. The men were stopped. Jahmonze C. Briggs, 31, of Ruston, was found with a glass smoking pipe considered drug paraphernalia and a bag containing suspected marijuana. In a backpack Briggs was wearing, a plastic bag containing methamphetamine was found.
A records check indicated Briggs was wanted on three warrants for failure to appear in Third District Court on charges of possession of marijuana, possession of drug paraphernalia, and possession of a controlled substance in a drug-free zone.
Briggs was arrested and booked at the Lincoln Parish Detention Center for possession of marijuana with intent to distribute, possession of methamphetamine with intent to distribute, possession of drug paraphernalia, criminal trespass, and the three failure to appear warrants.
Bail was set at $50,400.
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