Baton Rouge deputies arrest 4 after drugs, guns and cash seized during investigation
BATON ROUGE, La. (Louisiana First) — A months-long investigation ended with the arrest of four people and the seizure of drugs, guns and cash.
The East Baton Rouge Sheriff's Office investigation centered on a drug trafficking organization called '4letter.' According to EBRSO, agents were familiar with the group after a similar investigation was conducted in 2020.
Through surveillance, agents identified multiple homes in Baton Rouge and Prairieville that they said were used as part of their drug trafficking operation. Search warrants were obtained for six locations and they were executed with the help of multiple divisions and agencies on Tuesday, Feb. 11.
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Those locations were on W. Fairlane Court, Sharp Lane, Oakwood Drive, Lemonwood Drive, Amir Drive and Crownridge Drive.
Thousands of dollars along with drugs and guns and were seized by agents.
$66,994
P80 9mm handgun
780 pressed fentanyl pills (around 780 lethal doses)
Glock .380 handgun
1 ounce of cocaine
Glock 9mm handgun
39.64 pounds of marijuana
Mossberg 12 gauge shotgun
80 dosage units of Buprenorphine and Naloxone sublingual film
Taurus .380 handgun
S&W 40 caliber handgun
Two Springfield Armory .45 handguns
Glock 10mm handgun
FNH 9mm handgun
Kevin Jefferson, 28, Damion Gaines, 30, and Nicholas Smith, 34, were charged with possession with the intent to distribute Schedule I narcotics (marijuana), possession with the intent to distribute Schedule III narcotics (Buprenorphine), illegal carrying of a firearm with drugs, possession of drug paraphernalia, criminal conspiracy and criminal street gang.
The East Baton Rouge Sheriff's Office said, Jefferson is out on bond from an arrest in 2020 and is not allowed to have a gun, per the bond condition.
Lee Graham, 36, was charged with possession with the intent to distribute Schedule I narcotics (marijuana), illegal carrying a firearm with drugs, criminal conspiracy, criminal street gang, money laundering and transactions involving drug proceeds.
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Baton Rouge deputies arrest 4 after drugs, guns and cash seized during investigation
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