Drug Bust in Chalmette.

**JBP55** · January 6th, 2021, 04:53 PM

The St. Bernard Parish Sheriff's Office seized guns, cash and drugs, including $30,000 worth of heroin, during a traffic stop in Chalmette Saturday evening.

A deputy noticed a silver 2007 Chevrolet Impala without a license plate traveling near the intersection of Paris Road and West Urquhart Street in Chalmette about 7 p.m., according to the Sheriff's Office. The deputy pulled the car over and smelled marijuana wafting from inside.

Authorities searched the car and discovered 330 grams of heroin that the Sheriff's Office said has a street value of more than $30,000. They also found ecstasy, Percocet, Suboxone, a digital scale and $755.
In addition to the drugs, deputies seized an AR-15 rifle and a 9mm pistol, both of which had been reported stolen out of New Orleans, the Sheriff's Office said.

The car's occupants, John Edwards, 34, and Byron Williams, 30, both of New Orleans, were arrested and booked with possession of heroin with the intent to distribute, possession of ecstasy with the intent to distribute, possession of Suboxone with the intent to distribute, illegal possession of Percocet, possession of a stolen firearm, carrying a weapon while in possession of illegal drug and possession of drug paraphernalia.
Edwards was also booked with driving on a suspended license. No bond information was available for either man.