Three arrested following Slidell drug investigation

SLIDELL, La. (WGNO) — Three people were arrested after a drug investigation in the Slidell area.

The St. Tammany Parish Sheriff’s Office reported that detectives launched an investigation after receiving a report of drugs allegedly being kept inside a car in Slidell.

On Jan. 16. STPSO detectives searched 36-year-old Joleen Mack’s car in Slidell, where they allegedly found 1.8 pounds of methamphetamine, 131 grams of gray fentanyl powder, 38 grams of pink fentanyl powder, 59 grams of purple fentanyl powder, 45 grams of powder cocaine, 10 grams of crack cocaine, 183 ecstasy (MDMA) pills of varying shapes, sizes and colors, 394 Alprazolam (Xanax) pills, 12 counterfeit prescription pills containing fentanyl, 27 Adderall pills, 629 grams of marijuana, a semi-automatic pistol and drug paraphernalia.

During the investigation, detectives said they identified 66-year-old Gregory Schmidt and 56-year-old Samuel Hotchkiss as “being players in this illegal drug operation.”

Schmidt and Hotchkiss were arrested on Jan. 27.

On Feb. 14, STPSO deputies said the U.S. Marshals Service and the Lafourche Parish Sheriff’s Office arrested Mack in Thibodaux.

Schmidt, Hotchkiss and Mack each face the following charges:

• Attempted possession with the intent to distribute Schedule II (meth)
• Attempted possession with the intent to distribute Schedule II (cocaine)
• Four counts of attempted possession with the intent to distribute Schedule II (fentanyl)
• Attempted possession with the intent to distribute Schedule II (crack cocaine)
• Three counts of attempted possession with the intent to distribute Schedule I (MDMA)
• Attempted possession with the intent to distribute Schedule IV (Xanax)
• Attempted possession with the intent to distribute Schedule II (Adderall)
• Attempted possession with the intent to distribute Schedule I (marijuana)
• Attempted possession of drug paraphernalia
• Attempted carrying of a weapon in the presence of a controlled dangerous substance

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