MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Three teenagers, two of them juveniles, are facing charges after police say they found drugs and illegal guns while investigating two robberies near Highland Avenue.
Police say on Saturday, officers searched an address at the Eden Point Apartments off Knight Arnold, looking for a 17-year-old who was accused of a robbery in the 3500 block of Mynders Avenue.
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They say they found that suspect, along with two guns that had been modified with “switches,” marijuana, Oxycodone, and evidence from the Mynders robbery in the apartment.
Emmanuel Ward, 19, was also in the apartment. Police say he was wanted in a separate robbery in the 800 block of South Highland.
Police say they believe Ward and the 17-year-old committed the Highland robbery together. According to police, four suspects approached a man outside the Valero station at 853 S. Highland on June 24 and took $900 in cash from his pockets…