LITTLE ROCK, Ark. – Arkansas State Police had a busy September so far with illegal drugs seized and a fugitive captured.
According to ASP officials, troopers made a stop at 8:37 p.m. on Sept. 7 on Interstate 40 in Pope County for a traffic violation.
Troopers said they arrested 35-year-old Jerome Cotton of Arizona after a search of the rental vehicle he was in turned up a vacuum-sealed bag containing 2.5 pounds of suspected cocaine.
Investigators said he was taken to the Pope County Detention Center and charged with felony trafficking of a controlled substance.
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On Sept. 6, investigators said a trooper approached a vehicle at a truck stop on South Division Street in Blytheville, but the driver fled. After a chase, the vehicle left the roadway with the driver fleeing on foot but was soon arrested a mile away from the car.
Troopers said 28-year-old Calvin Hathaway of Wisconsin was arrested after two backpacks were found in his vehicle containing 77 ecstasy pills, illegal marijuana and a BB gun that resembled a Glock 19 handgun.