A traffic stop on eastbound Interstate 12 Monday resulted in St. Tammany Sheriff’s deputies finding 97 bottles of illegally obtained cough syrup.
Deputies stopped two vehicles that were traveling together near Covington for traffic violations.
The occupants of the first car, Donta Evans of Houston and Domanique Gasaway of Gavleston, Texas, said that they were headed to Covington from Houston for a court appearance in an April 6 traffic stop that had resulted in their being arrested on narcotics distribution charges.
They consented to a vehicle search that turned up no illegal substances. Evans was cited for following too close and no driver’s license. He and Gasaway were released.
The second vehicle was registered to Gasaway. The driver of that vehicle, Colin Walthall, 24, refused to consent to a search. A dog brought in by Sheriff’s Office and indicated that it smelled narcotics inside the vehicle. During a search, investigators discovered 97 pint bottles of Promethazine Hydrochloride syrup.
Walthall, who had an outstanding warrant through the Tangipahoa Sheriff’s Office for failure to appear for drug offenses, was booked into the St. Tammany Parish Jail as a fugitive and was issued a summons for possession with intent to distribute a drug without a prescription, as well as speeding and improper lane use.
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