Over 40 arrests made in city-wide drug bust, Columbia police say
Forty-one people were arrested following a two-week citywide drug operation that seized five different type of narcotics off the streets, according to the Columbia Police Department.
The department’s Organized Crime and Narcotics Unit, working with local, state and federal partners, conducted a citywide “buy-bust” operation in multiple areas, aimed at disrupting narcotics distribution networks, police said in a news release. Nine people were arrested as a result of the bust and 32 others were served with arrest warrants.
Authorities reported seizing crack cocaine, powder cocaine, methamphetamine, marijuana and hash oil, along with six firearms — including a fully automatic weapon and a stolen gun — and more than $2,300 in U.S. currency, with additional funds pending a final count. Police also seized multiple pieces of jewelry believed to be tied to criminal activity.
As direct result of the operation the following nine people were arrested and booked into the Alvin S. Glenn Detention Center:
- Laroyia Nicole Missouri was charged with manufacturing and possession of schedule I, II or III substances with intent to distribute and distribution and possession of drugs with intent to distribute near a school
- Tyrell Maurice Warren was charged with manufacturing and distributing cocaine and possession with intent to distribute drugs near a school
- Marquell Lamont Bannister was charged with manufacturing and distributing cocaine, two counts of possession with intent to distribute drugs near a school, manufacturing and possessing methamphetamine, possession of 28 grams or less of marijuana and 10 grams or less of hash
- Eugene Jamal James was charged with manufacturing and distributing cocaine and possession with intent to distribute drugs near a school
- Michael Alexander Bates was charged with manufacturing and possession of schedule I, II, or III substances with intent to distribute, manufacture or possession of drugs with intent to distribute near a school and manufacturing and possessing other substance
- Howard Timmy Jordan was charged with two counts of manufacturing and possessing schedule I, II or III substances with intent to distribute, four counts of manufacturing or possession of drugs with intent to distribute near a school, manufacture and distribution of methamphetamine, fraudulent check more than $1,000 and possession of a firearm by a convicted felon
- Antwan Lamont Burgess was charged with manufacturing and possession of schedule I, II or III substances with intent to distribute and distribution and possession with intent to distribute near a school
- Dayan Alexander Woodard was charged with manufacturing and possessing schedule I, II or III substances with intent to distribute, possession with intent to distribute drugs near a school, possession of 28 grams or less of marijuana and 10 grams or less of hash
- Traques Deon Davis was charged with two counts manufacturing and possession of schedule I, II or III substances with intent to distribute, manufacture or possession of drugs with intent to distribute near a school.
