Two Ruston men were arrested on drug charges following a traffic stop near the Louisiana Tech campus Monday evening.
Chauncey Harper, 21, and Christian Wright, 25, were arrested by Ruston Police on February 23 after an officer observed traffic violations and stopped the vehicle on Tech Drive. Harper reportedly fled on foot as soon as the vehicle stopped.
Harper was located in the men’s locker room of the Louisiana Tech Intramural Center. When he was taken into custody, 13 grams of marijuana were located on him. Harper said the marijuana was the reason he ran.
Louisiana Tech Police said Harper did not check into the intramural center and pay a fee so he was considered a trespasser. Tech police officers also found additional marijuana in the area where Harper had fled.
Review of surveillance video showed Harper running through the intramural center parking lot, stop between two vehicles, and bend over behind the vehicles where he appeared to throw items before running away. This was the location where the bags containing about 78.5 grams of marijuana were found.
Wright, a passenger in the vehicle said everything found in the vehicle belonged to him. A search by officers located 18.1 grams of marijuana, four tablets of acetaminophen-hydrocodone tartrate and a bottle of promethazine hydrochloride. Wright told officers he was under the influence of all three drugs.
The two men were booked at the Lincoln Parish Detention Center. Wright was charged with possession of marijuana, possession of a legend drug, and possession of a Schedule II controlled substance.
Harper was booked for possession of marijuana, resisting an officer, and criminal trespass.
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