HOUSTON, TX - Two individuals wanted by the U.S. Marshals for what is being called one of the largest drug busts of its kind in the country, officially surrendered on Tuesday, September 26th.
According to Fox 26, Noah Stegall and Keierra Hunter are both part of a group of people who were allegedly trying to smuggle more than a million dollars worth of drugs into prisons across the United States.
Law enforcement were not the only ones looking to get these two off the streets. Community Activists Quanell X, said in a statement:
“We have multiple layers involved in this, and this is on a cartel level.”
He added:
“It’s one of the most dangerous cases I’ve dealt with because not only did you have the street element looking for them, you also had law enforcement looking for them at the same time.”
Stegall and Hunter, who were wanted in the state of Louisiana, turned to Quanell to help get them surrendered in a safe manner.
Back in August, Louisiana law enforcement held a news conference where they showed the public a table full of drugs and contraband that had been collected throughout the month. At the time, Sheriff Steven McCain with the Grant Parish Sheriff’s Office said in a statement:
“There’s $1,184,000 worth of K2. There’s $10,000 worth of Suboxone, $4,000 worth of THC wax.”
He added:
“What started as a traffic stop on Airbase Road near the United States federal prison in Grant Parish has led to over $1,000,000 worth of drugs that law enforcement discovered that was trying to be smuggled into federal prison in Grant Parish.”
During the traffic stop, his officers found a list of several prisons, which according to McCain, indicated to them that the group had plans to drop off drugs at facilities throughout the country.
Stegall and Hunter were taking themselves on a very different type of cross-country trip. During the press conference, McCain said:
“What you see that looks like a pistol in front of me is actually 185 sheets of paper that have been soaked in K2. K2 is a hallucinogenic. You tear each piece of paper into 16 strips and each strip costs $400.”
Officers also found eight cell phones, two drones and soda cans inside of the vehicle. McCain stated:
“These were filled with drugs. This drone has an actuator on there that the operator pushes a button on the remote control and releases the package.”
It seems that the plan was for the drone to hover over prison yards and then just drop the cans of drugs. Dropping drugs into a common area within the prison also makes it harder for correctional officials to figure out who was in charge of bringing these drugs into the facility.
Others in connection with this incident were arrested in the state of Louisiana, and according to authorities, more arrests are likely to happen. Quanell said:
“This is a very dangerous situation, a very dangerous case. It involves one of the largest seizures probably in Louisiana history.”
Law enforcement were not the only ones looking to get these two off the streets. Community Activists Quanell X, said in a statement:
“We have multiple layers involved in this, and this is on a cartel level.”
He added:
“It’s one of the most dangerous cases I’ve dealt with because not only did you have the street element looking for them, you also had law enforcement looking for them at the same time.”
Stegall and Hunter, who were wanted in the state of Louisiana, turned to Quanell to help get them surrendered in a safe manner.
Back in August, Louisiana law enforcement held a news conference where they showed the public a table full of drugs and contraband that had been collected throughout the month. At the time, Sheriff Steven McCain with the Grant Parish Sheriff’s Office said in a statement:
“There’s $1,184,000 worth of K2. There’s $10,000 worth of Suboxone, $4,000 worth of THC wax.”
He added:
“What started as a traffic stop on Airbase Road near the United States federal prison in Grant Parish has led to over $1,000,000 worth of drugs that law enforcement discovered that was trying to be smuggled into federal prison in Grant Parish.”
During the traffic stop, his officers found a list of several prisons, which according to McCain, indicated to them that the group had plans to drop off drugs at facilities throughout the country.
Stegall and Hunter were taking themselves on a very different type of cross-country trip. During the press conference, McCain said:
“What you see that looks like a pistol in front of me is actually 185 sheets of paper that have been soaked in K2. K2 is a hallucinogenic. You tear each piece of paper into 16 strips and each strip costs $400.”
Officers also found eight cell phones, two drones and soda cans inside of the vehicle. McCain stated:
“These were filled with drugs. This drone has an actuator on there that the operator pushes a button on the remote control and releases the package.”
It seems that the plan was for the drone to hover over prison yards and then just drop the cans of drugs. Dropping drugs into a common area within the prison also makes it harder for correctional officials to figure out who was in charge of bringing these drugs into the facility.
Others in connection with this incident were arrested in the state of Louisiana, and according to authorities, more arrests are likely to happen. Quanell said:
“This is a very dangerous situation, a very dangerous case. It involves one of the largest seizures probably in Louisiana history.”
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