BATON ROUGE, La. (
Louisiana First) — The East Baton Rouge Sheriff’s Office arrested an accused drug dealer after an investigation.
On Wednesday, agents with the EBRSO Gang Intelligence and Enforcement arrested a subject, who was later identified as Calvin Rachal, 53, who was accused of having three pounds of marijuana.
Agents learned Rachal lived at a residence on Troy Street. According to the sheriff’s office, agents conducted a search warrant for the aforementioned home, as well as the rear yard of a home on Strauss Street.
The following items were seized:
- 2.2 pounds of fentanyl (about 13,300 lethal doses)
- 60 pounds of marijuana
- 6 packages of THC gummies
- two handguns
- one rifle
- one shotgun
- $23,386
Rachal was arrested and booked into the East Baton Rouge Parish Prison and charged with possession with the intent to distribute Schedule I drugs, possession with the intent to distribute Schedule II drugs and illegal carrying of a firearm with drugs.
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