A traffic stop early by the Lincoln Parish Sheriff’s Department netted two arrests on a variety of drug charges.
At about 3 a.m. Thursday, Sergeant Jeremy Johnson saw a vehicle on South Farmerville Street cross the yellow center line into the opposing lane. Johnson stopped the car and found Traderion Brantley, 24, of Grambling, to be the driver. Brantley told the deputy he did not have a driver’s license. The passenger identified herself as Kara Harvey, 18, of Ruston.
Deputy D. Fleming used his K-9, Thor, to walk around the exterior of the vehicle. Thor alerted to the presence of controlled substances inside the vehicle. In a search, deputies found about 28.5 grams of marijuana, a plastic bag containing 166 grams of suspected synthetic marijuana, 90 units of suspected alprazolam, 65 units of suspected tramadol, two units of suspected oxycodone and plastic baggies and digital scales commonly used in the trafficking of controlled substances.
Brantley and Harvey were arrested and booked at the Lincoln Parish Detention Center for possession with intent to distribute controlled substances: Schedule I (marijuana and synthetic marijuana), Schedule II (oxycodone), and Schedule IV (alprazolam and tramadol). The duo was also booked for possession of drug paraphernalia and Brantley received a charge of no driver’s license.
The pair’s bail was set at $50,000 each.
