A wanted man spotted by narcotic agents was found with more drugs when he was arrested on the front porch of a Ruston residence.
Abrian Bryant, 39, of Grambling, was arrested June 12 on drug warrants and other drug charges when he was spotted on the front porch of a Lewis Street residence in Ruston.
Two Lincoln Parish Narcotics Enforcement Team officers arrested Bryant and found a large amount of cash and a prescription bottle in the pocket of his shorts. Inside the bottle were various pills later identified as 51 units of alprazolam. Another bottle was found to contain seven oxycodone and two types of hydrocodone.
The arrest was made in a drug-free zone surrounding a church.
Bryant was booked at the Lincoln Parish Detention Center for possession of oxycodone with intent to distribute, possession of hydrocodone (10 mg) within intent to distribute, possession of hydrocodone (7.5 mg) with intent to distribute, possession of alprazolam with intent to distribute, violation of the controlled substance drug-free zone law, and arrest warrants charging him with distribution of MDMA (ecstasy), and violation of the controlled substance drug-free zone law.
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