DECATUR, Ala. (WHNT) — The Decatur Police Department (DPD) says it has arrested a man on drug trafficking charges after a search of his home on Thursday.
DPD said Demichael Deshun Mason, of Decatur, was arrested Thurday and charged with trafficking in fentanyl, trafficking methamphetamine and a certain person prohibited from possessing a firearm.
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The department said that narcotics investigators had recently opened an investigation on drug trafficking involving a man identified as Mason. Authorities said Mason also had active arrest warrants with the department.
Decatur police said on Thursday officers executed a search warrant at Mason’s home in the 700 block of Cedar Lake Road SW. During that search officers found around one pound of meth, over 500 fentanyl pills, a gun and an amount of U.S. currency that authorities say was determined to be proceeds from drug sales.
Authorities said Mason was taken into custody and taken to the Morgan County Jail. He is being held on a $600,000 bond.