Cpl. Bart Veal

Public Information Officer

903-798-3187 (office) 903-798-2368 (pager)

903-824-4199 (cell) 903-798-3023 (fax)

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Re: Two Kilos of Powder Cocaine Located on Passenger of Greyhound Bus

On Monday 04/04/05 at approximately 12:00pm, Officer John Gibbert and his K-9 partner Oran of the Texarkana Arkansas Police Department’s Special Operations Unit were working narcotics interdiction at the Greyhound Bus Station on E. 51st Street. Officer John Gibbert and his K-9 partner Oran located two kilos of powder cocaine on a passenger on a bus traveling from California to Kentucky. The drugs were wrapped in electric tape and plastic and carried around the waist of the arrested. The drugs have an estimated street value over 100,000.00 dollars.

20 year-old Sharrise Lachelle Irving of Fontana California was arrested and charged with one felony count of Possession of a Controlled Substance with Intent to Deliver.

Thank you and you can visit the Texarkana Arkansas Police Department online at http://www.txkusa.org/arkpolice.