French Quarter: --- A Haitian woman, her young daughter and 18-year old nephew was arrested last night after gendarmes found a large sum of monies, over 3 kilos of marijuana, and endless amount of stolen items in her home at Rue de St. Georges. Among the items found were several laptop computers, a large television set several mobile phones and jewelry and a car carrying Dutch number plates. Monies were hidden in three Nido Milk cans while cocaine was found in a sugar jar in the kitchen said Commandant Loic Barras. A total of 45 gendarmes including a helicopter from Guadeloupe took part in house search which was ordered by a judge said prosecutor Jacques Louvier who spearheaded the operation. Louvier said they received information from several persons concerning the sale of drugs at the home and he filed a request with the judge to give him the permission to search the house. Louvier further explained a few months ago he was at the location to reconstruct a crime scene and he received information on the spot about the home, he said because of this house and the family living there the area is well known for drug trafficking and violence.
Last night operation was deemed a success for the gendarmes since they managed to find a lot of items which may enable them to close many of the cases that are under investigation.Commandant Barras said earlier in the day they arrested a suspect who broke into a home in Oyster Pond and hoped they would soon manage to close the case since they already got the suspect in custody.
According to Prosecutor Louvier the woman was in possession of a number of documents to reside on the island but he could not say if her carte de sejour was up to date while her nephew a former student of the Lycee could not produce any type of identification as well as her young daughter.
There were several residents and youngsters along side the main road which was blocked off from traffic. As the gendarmes complete their mission the crowd moved towards the home looking at the amount of stolen items and drugs that were removed from their neighborhood.
Some of the residents expressed content with the operation saying that people may soon regain some peace now that the main drug house is clean out.