Narcotics officers executed a series of search warrants in southeast Ruston in the early morning hours last week.
Four men were arrested Feb. 12 in cases involving narcotics, including ecstasy, tramadol, marijuana, and methamphetamine.
At about 5 a.m., a search warrant was executed at a Ginger Drive residence where Omarrion Brantley, 21, was arrested for illegal carrying of a weapon and a warrant for simple burglary of an inhabited dwelling. A Taurus pistol was recovered in the search.
A search warrant at a second Ginger Drive residence led to the arrest of Anthony Williams, Jr., 30, for possession of MDMA (ecstasy). During the search an officer discovered a prescription bottle in a kitchen drawer containing a suspected MDMA tablets.
Simultaneous with the Ginger Drive searches, a search warrant was executed at an Apple Drive residence. Adrian Howard, 49, was arrested after initially resisting efforts to take him in the custody.
Antonio Spencer, 42, was arrested when a search warrant was executed at a Sage Court residence. After Spencer was arrested, a tramadol capsule was found in plain view on the living room table.
Spencer was booked at the Lincoln Parish Detention Center on warrants charging him with distribution of methamphetamine, violation of the drug free zone, and failure to appear in court on a child support charge and possession of tramadol, a Schedule IV controlled substance.
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