Natchitoches Parish Sheriff’s Office Drug Enforcement Unit (DEU) agents, together with personnel from the Natchitoches Parish Sheriff’s Office Criminal Investigations Division and the NPSO Patrol Bureau, executed search warrants on Nov. 20 in the 300 block of Pearl Street and the 100 block of Kaffie Drive according to Natchitoches Parish Sheriff Stuart Wright.
The warrants were the culmination of a lengthy investigation into narcotics trafficking at both locations.
During the execution of the warrants, officials made contact with multiple individuals at the Pearl Street location. A search of the residences yielded approximately 4.3 ounces of suspected methamphetamine, along with multiple drug paraphernalia items, suspected synthetic marijuana, and suspected marijuana.
Following the searches, the following individuals were arrested:
Cedric Washington, 45, of the 300 block of Pearl Street — Possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine.
Anastasia Watson, 35, of the 100 block of Kaffie Drive — Possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine and Obstruction of Justice.
Both Washington and Watson were transported to and booked at the LaSalle Correctional Facility.
The seized evidence will be submitted to the crime lab for analysis.
