Man gets life sentence for drug trafficking

A California man is sentenced to life in prison for trafficking drugs on the Gulf Coast for years, according to an investigation by state, federal, and local law enforcement agencies.

The case involving 44-year-old Sharard Collier spanned two Coast counties and began in July 2019 with the seizure of 12 pounds of methamphetamine in Pascagoula. Later on, surveillance followed Collier when he met with Gerald Wayne Jones of Mobile at a truck stop.

Court records show that a semi-truck owned by the two was searched and had an additional 28 kilos of methamphetamine.

Collier was eventually arrested in November 2019 in Pass Christian where law enforcement found 24 kilos of meth and close to a kilo of fentanyl.