Michael Luke / Eyewitness News
HOUMA, La. – Two men were arrested for allegedly selling marijuana from an ice cream truck in a Houma neighborhood, according to Lafourche Parish Sheriff’s Office spokeswoman Sgt. Lesley Hill.
Sunday, police were called to Central Lafourche Drive after someone told officers that drugs were being sold from an ice cream truck, said Hill.
The truck was stopped a few blocks away on New Haven Street by deputies, and the driver, Johnathan Trahan, 20, of Houma, was questioned by police.
“As officers conducted a pat down of Trahan for officer safety, they located three plastic bags containing approximately 9 grams of suspected marijuana and a glass pipe in his pockets,” said Hill.
After searching and finding drugs on Trahan, a K-9 dog was brought to the scene by police to search the truck. The dog alerted officers that drugs were inside the truck, but none were found by police during the search, according to Hill.
However, when officers patted down the other man who was in the truck, Hunter Pitre, 19, of Houma, a small bag of what is believed to be marijuana was found in his sock, according to Hill.
Pitre was cited with misdemeanor possession of marijuana, and Trahan was charged with possession of marijuana with the intent to distribute and possession of drug paraphernalia, according to Hill.
Trahan remains in the Lafourche Parish Detention Center.
