Jackson Jambalaya

Do they ever seize money anymore? I mean like the suitcases being trafficked back, not the $1000 seized from the local D-boy. Even the RCSO hardly reports when they seize money shipments. And I travel I-20 in Rankin often and they have someone with Texas plates pulled over in Pelahatchie every day.

Time for a breaking bad marathon

Great Job JPD!

Ahhh, the never ending, expensive War on Drugs...Good for JPD! Its a start!

However, I have always wondered how Rankin County LEO seems to always stop the bigger loads very consistently, yet LEO from Warren and Hinds county don't ever seem to get the Mules? Same with the other side of Rankin...those counties never seem to bust the big loads. While the guys at Rankin SO, Pearl PD, and Pelahatchie PD do a good job, it makes me wonder if they are following the law or just using the ol' "he touched the center line" excuse and the judges rubber stamping it....

Two questions:

1. What is meant by 'could be arrested'?

2. What is the meaning of the black 'X' on two of the packages?

@9:56
They are using license plate scanners and bales.org

Google "desert snow" and "black asphalt" if you don't mind being put on a list.

We relinquished our rights long ago for the "war on terror" and the "war on drugs" while you all were watching sportsball and super hero movies. Wow we are only left with the freedom to consume products and media.

@9:56

10:31 is correct. As someone who until recently worked off of I-20 in Rankin county, there are black SUVs with black logos/seals on them that camp out on the side of the road during random times of the day, usually around lunch and mid-late afternoon. It's obvious that they are NOT looking speeders because vehicles fly by at over 80 mph without being stopped. I believe the vehicles monitoring the road are another agency and local authorities assist.

@10:31 is exactly right. They can tell you how when, where and how often your license plate crosses state lines and other important places. The narcotics officers have access to this information via Homeland Security, ICE, etc. So most of the big busts are not just dumb luck. They are usually part of larger investigations. I suspect that the budget for Hinds and Warren are not sufficient to always run these types of larger investigations. Or maybe DEA does not ask for their assistance as often. Not really sure.. I only know this because I have a brother in Narcotics in Louisiana. It's wild and scary the things they can do now. This stuff is rarely on the news.

Where, when & how did this take place? Who was arrested? Where were they booked? What was the bond amount? JPD issues the least informative announcements I've ever seen. This is similar to the tweet in which JPD said a second suspect had been arrested in the I-55 drag race / spinout incident - no names, charges, etc. to verify anything. How do we really know the arrest occurred, given Chief Davis' & the mayor's history of lying?

I saw this on the local news last night. It was headlined as a "Major Drug Bust". Normally a bust indicates that criminals were involved and apprehended. Without arrests, this is just a photo and not a "MAJOR" anything.

I agree with those who question this kind of news release from any law enforcement agency. Who was arrested? Did the police buy the drugs? From the news release there is no way of knowing. The stuff may have been purposely abandoned as a decoy. It happens. I will withhold my congrats until I hear something meaningful.

January 15, 2021 at 10:31 AM
I agree. I am convinced that my degree of "freedom" or "liberty" goes about as far as: "you want fries with that?" or "did you care to supersize that order?"

I've been living in Jackson for 13 years & this is the 1st drug bust in Hinds county I've ever heard about on the news.
Good Job. Let's see some more.

I’d have to weight them before paying X amount per pound, looks like at least one is a bit light.

There have been several large drug busts in Hinds County over the years.

JPD doesn't work the I-20 corridor as Rankin does.

9:56 Look up info on metro area drug task force. All town/county LE units that are members share in money confiscated regardless which one makes the stop, and jurisdiction is shared over the entire area covered. That is why you may see a Richland PD unit sitting at the Rankin/Scott line on I20. Probably no Hinds or Warren departments participate.

" While the guys at Rankin SO, Pearl PD, and Pelahatchie PD do a good job,"

I agree 100%.

Speaking of Pelahatchie, what's up over there ?
They've been kind of quite during the last few weeks.

Ok now track the case. How long until indictment? Trial? Plea?

'Seizure' and 'could be arrested'? Seizure could be anything from finding a backpack on the shoulder of I-220 to the cops stumbling onto it in a booth at IHOP when they're dining at 2 a.m.

'Could be arrested' no doubt means nobody was in possession.

Let's not even get into the probability that there were originally seven packages.

"Won't end up on the streets of Jackson"....might want to second guess that one.

5:15PM, the word is 'Quiet', not 'Quite'. And no, the two words are NOT "pronounced alike".

Of course there is money confiscated but you don't about hear that much anymore. The cash ends up in the bank lock box for retirement. How do you think farms in the country, European vacations, exotic travel is paid for after retirement? I don' blame them one bit for rat holing the cash when the opportunity presents itself. No, different than the politicians taking millions in kickbacks from funding all the ridiculous studies in countries that have been sucking the teat for years. They have to be agree to "donating" to the fund in order to receive the money.