Drug sale complaint leads to fentanyl, cocaine bust in Nashville
Police recovered more than 42 grams of fentanyl, according to an MNPD release.
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WSMV) – A response by Metro Nashville detectives to complaints of narcotics sales in an area of Nashville has led to an arrest and recovery of a handgun, heroin, cocaine and fentanyl.
Detectives said they observed 39-year-old Adrian Lewis make what appeared to be a drug deal on Monday in the area of DeFord Bailey Avenue and 12th Avenue South, according to the Metro Nashville Police Department.
Detectives followed him to a nearby gas station where he was taken into custody. Police recovered from Lewis’ Dodge Durango a loaded nine-millimeter pistol with an extended magazine, 36.5 grams of cocaine, 42.3 grams of powder fentanyl, 6.9 grams of heroin and about 100 fentanyl pills, according to MNPD.
Lewis, a registered ex-con on federal supervised release and was convicted of voluntary manslaughter in 2012, police said.
He is charged with felon in possession of a firearm, the commission of a felony while in possession of a gun, and three counts of felony drug possession.
He remains jailed on a $160,000 bond.
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