Santa Rosa County drug bust nets cocaine and guns — 3 arrested

SANTA ROSA COUNTY, Fla. ( WKRG ) — A traffic stop in Santa Rosa County led to a drug bust and three people arrested, according to the sheriff’s office.

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Officials with the Santa Rosa County Sheriff’s Office said on May 7, officers with the Interstate Criminal Enforcement team made a traffic stop on I-10, where they found:

  • 501.6 grams of cocaine (half a kilo)
  • 34.5 grams of crack cocaine
  • Two handguns (one reported stolen)

Rodney Collins, Antonio Smalls Heyward and Tysheik Smalls were allegedly inside the vehicle and are now facing felony charges.

Those charges include:

  • trafficking in cocaine
  • possession of a stolen firearm
  • possession of a firearm by a convicted felon
  • possession of a firearm during the commission of a felony
  • possession of drug paraphernalia

“This is another example of our commitment to keeping dangerous drugs and illegal weapons off our streets,” an SRCSO news release said…

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