SWAT finds drugs, gun during search of Jasper residence
Two Jasper men were arrested on drug charges early Nov. 21 after the Jasper Police Department SWAT Team executed a narcotics search warrant on a residence in the 2400 block of Wheeler Street, reports Lt. G.W. Foster of the Criminal Investigations Division.
According to Jasper PD, the search warrant was issued as a result of an ongoing investigation by the Jasper PD Narcotics Division and yielded drug paraphernalia, items used in the packaging and distribution of narcotics, and cocaine.
Officers located 27-year-old Jeffrey Shane Reed and 64-year-old Elwood Foster at the residence. Reed was arrested for possession of a controlled substance, a second-degree felony. Reed was also charged with possession of a firearm by felon, a third-degree felony.
Elwood Foster was charged with second-degree felony possession of a controlled substance and resisting arrest, a Class A misdemeanor.
