Police Arrest Two Drug Suspects
Posted/updated on: October 13, 2010 at 5:54 pm
TYLER — Two drug suspects are arrested by Tyler police. On Tuesday, the Tyler Narcotics Unit had an apartment under surveillance located at 2601 SSE Loop 323 (Fox Run Apartments) for alleged drug activity. Around 2:15 p.m., a suspect was observed exiting the apartment with two bags and talking to a female in the parking lot of the apartments.
Investigators believe that a marked unit was spotted in the area by the male suspect. The suspect then walked over to a dumpster and placed the two bags into it, allegedly so that he would not be in possession of the contents. The male and female got into a vehicle, left the apartment complex, and were followed by investigators. The bags in the dumpster were searched immediately after the suspects left the area and police say they recovered three handguns, narcotics, and drug paraphernalia.
Officers conducted a felony traffic stop on the suspects in the 3000 block of Santa Elena, where police say narcotics were recovered upon search of the vehicle. The suspects are identified as 28-year-old Christopher Browning of Tyler and 23-year-old Latrice Danelle Whitaker of Jacksonville. Both suspects are charged with possession of narcotics, and other charges are pending.
