Search of storage unit leads to drug arrest

The Evangeline Parish Sheriff’s Office reports an investigation of a storage unit led to the recovery of narcotics and a firearm. On August 8, narcotic agents with the Evangeline Parish Sheriff’s Office executed a search warrant on a storage container located on the 700 block of Chataignier Street, in Ville Platte. Upon opening the storage unit, narcotic agents located a wrapped blanket on t...

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