Two men from Tennessee behind bars after traffic control lead to the seizure of cocaine and a firearm | KTVE
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MONROE, La. (KTVE / KARD) – Just after 3 p.m. on Wednesday, October 21, Louisiana State Police soldiers ran over a silver Chevrolet Malibu for following an 18-wheeler too close on I-20 East from Milepost 122.
During the traffic control, the officers met 20-year-old Jalyn Thompson and 19-year-old Derek Tips, both from Tennessee.
During Thompson’s questioning, officers requested a search of the vehicle, but he refused. The officers were eventually alerted to the presence of drugs by an on-site K-9.
According to the arrest report, when the authorities searched the vehicle, Thompson said to one of the officers, “You might as well handcuff me, he’s going to find some shit in a moment.”
During the search of the vehicle, officers found ten packages containing a total of 25.55 pounds of suspected cocaine in a backpack in the trunk of the vehicle. Troopers also found a .40-caliber handgun that was reported stolen from Tennessee.
Thompson and Tips were both arrested and admitted to the Ouachita Correctional Center on the following allegations:
Jalyn Thompson –
- Follow too closely
- No drivers license
- Possession with the intention of distributing cocaine
- Possession of a firearm in the presence of CDS-II
- Possession of a stolen firearm
- Conspiracy to distribute CDS-II
Derek Tips –
- Possession of a firearm by a convicted felon
- Conspiracy to distribute CDS-II
- Possession with the intention of distributing cocaine
- Possession of a firearm in the presence of CDS-II
- Possession of a stolen firearm
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