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Methamphetamine drug bust in Harrison County

Millions of dollars’ worth of methamphetamine have been seized by the Harrison County Sheriff’s Office this week and now a Texas man is behind bars. Sheriff’s deputies arrested 36-year-old Esteban Bernardina-Betancourt of San Antonio on felony charges of trafficking methamphetamine.…

Home drug raid in Gulfport leads to felony arrest

Handguns, an AK-47, and a variety of narcotic drugs are off the streets today after an overnight drug bust in Gulfport. Thirty-two year-old Dwan Durrell Parnell is now behind bars and facing a number of charges after a search of…

Drug bust in Pass Christian

A drug bust took place earlier today in Harrison County, putting two people behind bars. Harrison County Sheriff's deputies executed a search warrant in a home on Edwin Ladner Road in Pass Christian. Inside, they found multiple guns, two ounces…

Major crime roundup in Jackson County

Today a large drug and gun bust was announced in Pascagoula in the height of a 13 month multi-unit effort. This bust contains 17 indictments, 97 illegal guns, and lots of drugs with the help of Jackson County police, federal…

Three arrested in drug bust in Jackson County

Jackson County Sheriff’s Deputies arrested three people while answering a call of a gun fired at a house in St. Martin. Just before 8:30 last night, a woman told deputies someone shot at her house on El Dorado Avenue.  Deputies…

Meth drug bust in Hancock County

Four people have been arrested in Hancock County for allegedly transporting meth from Texas to South Carolina. At 4 a.m. this morning, a Hancock County criminal interdiction agent conducted a stop with a 2017 Jeep Cherokee on I-10 eastbound. The…

Drug bust in Vancleave

Three decades of peddling pills, cocaine, crack, and marijuana in Vancleave and other Coast areas took a hit today after a multi-agency raid. So far, at least seven people have been arrested and are behind bars in what authorities are…

Multi-agency drug roundup in Jackson County

Eleven people are behind bars this afternoon and authorities say more arrests are on the way as a major drug sting continues in Jackson and Pearl River counties. In a news conference today, Sheriff Mike Ezell said agents began pounding…

$1.2 million in marijuana seized in Hancock County

A man who deputies say attempted to traffic 181 pounds of marijuana to the Coast from Texas was stopped in Hancock County. According to Hancock County sheriff deputies and narcotics agents, 26-year-old Danny Guzman of Laredo, Texas was arrested after…

Traffic stop leads to pot bust

The Gulfport Police Department has seized over 100 pounds of marijuana during a traffic stop on the interstate. Gulfport police learned the drugs were destined to Gulfport to be sold during this weekend’s Spring Break event. In total, 109 pounds…

Twelve Behind Bars in Hancock County Drug Roundup

Twelve people are now behind bars as a result of two drug busts in Hancock County. The Hancock County Narcotics Division executed search warrants on Tigris Street in Bay St. Louis and Orange Street in the Springwood community. Agents discovered individual…