Repeat felon faces charges in Sarasota drug bust

The Sarasota Police Department recently arrested a Sarasota man in a drug investigation.

Strategic Intelligence Unit detectives and the SPD SWAT unit executed a search warrant Friday, Dec. 12, at 2491 Eighth St., resulting in the arrest of 33-year-old Demond L. Smith.

Inside the home, detectives discovered approximately $2,800 in cash, 204 grams of marijuana and 666.8 grams of cocaine in both rock and powder form. In addition, they found two Florida driver’s licenses in Smith’s name, several bags of cocaine, a small pink backpack containing two large bags of marijuana and a digital scale…

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