LAFAYETTE MAN ARRESTED FOR POSSESSION OF MOLLY (MDMA), MARIJUANA

Sunday evening, Aug. 9, a deputy with the St. Martin Parish Sheriff’s Patrol Division conducted a traffic stop on a vehicle in the 5000 block of Main Hwy in St. Martinville. Following the stop, the patrol deputy came across suspected illegal drugs and notified SMSO narcotics agents.
Upon investigation, the agents found the driver of the vehicle, Hunter Abshire, 21, of Lafayette, to be in alleged possession of a drug called Molly (MDMA), marijuana, and approximately $12,000 dollars in cash.
Abshire was arrested and booked into the St. Martin Parish Correctional Center on suspicion of possession with the intent to distribute a Schedule I narcotic, possession of marijuana, possession of drug paraphernalia, and disobeying a stop sign.