Louisiana State Police conducts multi-parish drug bust

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GRAY, La. ( WGNO ) — Several arrests have been made and multiple drugs have been seized following months of investigation into a possible drug trafficking operation through four parishes.

In January, detectives with the Louisiana State Police Criminal Investigations Division-Houma Field Office began investigating in Terrebonne, Lafourche, St. Mary and Avoyelles parishes.

With the support of Homeland Security Investigations New Orleans, Terrebonne Parish Sheriff’s Office, Houma Police Department, St. Mary Parish Sheriff’s Office and Lafourche Parish Sheriff’s Office, detectives report finding:

• 56 grams of heroin/fentanyl mixtures
• 366 fentanyl pills
• 200 grams of methamphetamine
• 396 grams of powder cocaine
• 20.7 grams of crack cocaine
• 575 grams of marijuana
• 14 ecstasy/MDMA pills
• 44.8 grams of powdered ecstasy/MDMA
• 127 Xanax/hydrocodone/oxycodone pills

Additionally, detectives also found $10,375, a vehicle and a gun.

The following people were arrested and booked into the Terrebonne Parish Criminal Justice Complex on the following charges:

• 33-year-old Jeffery Williams Jr. (33, Gibson, LA): drug racketeering, distribution of a CDS Schedule I, two counts of distribution of a CDS Schedule II and transactions involving drug proceeds
• 55-year-old Christopher Diano: drug racketeering
• 60-year-old Craig Albarado: drug racketeering
• 49-year-old Lucius Romero Jr.: drug racketeering

The following were arrested and booked into the Lafourche Parish Correctional Complex

• 45-year-old Clarence Jones: drug racketeering
• 34-year-old Justin Lawson: drug racketeering
• 49-year-old Michael Robichaux: drug racketeering

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