Area law enforcement agencies made two drug-related arrests last week in Portageville. The Portageville Police Department (PPD) conducted a 6 a.m. drug raid last Thursday, on a residence at 712 E. Ninth Street in Portageville. The Gideon Police Department's drug dog assisted in the raid. Two suspects, Bryan Dale Jordan and Vickie Lindley, were arrested, after a probable cause warrant search produced narcotics and suspected drug-related paraphernalia. According to PPD Officer, Mark Stockton, police found an approximately one gram-sized plastic bag of a "crystal-like substance," three digital scales, and one water-type bong pipe containing a blue liquid, and three glass pipes. All these items, with the exception of two of the glass pipes, tested positive for methamphetamine. In addition, the search produced several plastic baggies, with torn-out corners, and a scanner for monitoring police radio traffic. The confiscated items were placed into evidence. Jordan and Lindley are being held in the New Madrid County Jail.
Also on Thursday, the New Madrid County Sheriff's Department and New Madrid County Special Reaction Team (SRT) conducted a raid at 720 E. Ninth Street in Portageville. Two suspects, Phillip Laws and Kimberly Nowell, were arrested and booked into the New Madrid County Jail. According to New Madrid Sheriff's Deputy Troy Shelly, the probable cause warrant search produced an approximately three grams-sized black case containing a "white, rocky substance," and three glass pipes containing burned residue. All of these items tested positive for methamphetamine. Officers also found a pill bottle containing several white pills and several blue pills. The blue pills were later identified as acetaminophen/hydrocodone bitratrate10 (325 milligrams), a Schedule III controlled substance. The white pills were identified as alparzolam (1 milligram), also a Schedule III controlled substance.