LAPLACE, La. (WGNO) – The St. John Parish Sheriff’s Department has seized over 110,000 Xanax pills and made 9 arrests in what they are calling a national distributing operation.
Two separate locations were raided in the investigation.
The first raid, at a home in the 100 block of Fern Court, netted 100,000 of the pills and led to the arrest 2 people.
They are identified as 23-year-old Matthew Helms and 26-year-old Megan De St. Germaine.
The second raid, at a home in the 500 block of Walnut Street, netted another 10,400 pills and the arrest of 24-year-old Brandon Zar.
Detectives say that they were able to secure warrants and arrest 7 more suspects.
- They are: 20-year-old Austin Hammond of Laplace
- 20-year-old Courtney Simon of Laplace
- 23-year-old Joshua Sutton of Laplace
- 22-year-old Katie Cahill of Laplace
- 20-year-old Michael Keller of St. James
- 51-year-old Pamela De St. Germaine of Laplace
All of the suspects face various drug related charges.
Deputies also say that Matthew Helms has been arrested 5 times since November 2010 in St. John Parish.