Search Warrant Yields More Than $34,000 In Meth

The Iberia Parish Sheriff’s Office is reporting that Friday afternoon agents with the Iberia Parish Sheriff’s Office Special Investigation Unit executed a search warrant at a home in the 7000 block of Soileau Road. The search warrant was part of an ongoing investigation into illegal narcotics activity at the home. Agents seized 3.76 pounds of Methamphetamine and a 9mm semi-automatic handgun. The street value of the methamphetamine is believed to be more than $34,000. Agents arrested Marlon Charles and Josephine Charles and booked them into the Iberia Parish Jail on multiple narcotics charges including Possession with the Intent to Distribute Methamphetamine, Felon in Possession of a Firearm and Possession of a Controlled Dangerous Substance in the presence of a juvenile. The investigation is continuing and further arrest are expected to be made.