Detectives found approximately 5 pounds of high grade marijuana, ½-pound of hashish, lidocaine and 18 marijuana plants in four interior growing stations.
Growing station shown in the residence of Jon Ryan Temple, 32, of Mansfield, arrested Thursday on multiple drug charges after a school resource officer smelled marijuana on the backpacks of juvenicles living there. (Photo: DeSoto Parish Sheriff’s Office )
MANSFIELD – Usually it’s a drug-sniffing dog getting the credit for tracking down illegal drugs. But in the case of a DeSoto Parish man arrested today for producing high-grade marijuana inside his home through an elaborate growing system, the kudos instead go to a sharp-nosed school resource officer.
It was the SRO, a DeSoto Parish sheriff’s deputy, who smelled suspected marijuana on the backpacks of two juveniles. He reported it to narcotics investigators, who joined the SRO Wednesday in a visit to the juveniles’ home in the 5000 block of Highway 191.
No one answered their knocks, so investigators returned early this morning for what they call a “knock and talk.” This time, Jon Ryan Temple, 32, of Mansfield, answered the door and let them in for a search.
Marijuana shown growing in the residence of Jon Ryan Temple, 32, of Mansfield, arrested Thursday on multiple drug charges after a school resource officer smelled marijuana on the backpacks of juvenicles living there. (Photo: DeSoto Parish Sheriff’s Office )
“The odor of what the detectives believed to be marijuana was extremely strong throughout the residence,” according to a news release from DeSoto Parish Sheriff Rodney Arbuckle.
Detectives found approximately 5 pounds of high grade marijuana, ½-pound of hashish, lidocaine and 18 marijuana plants in four interior growing stations complete with UV lighting, heat lamps, ventilation system and a watering system with rain water collection.
Marijuana and paraphernalia seized from the residence of Jon Ryan Temple, 32, of Mansfield, arrested Thursday on multiple drug charges after a school resource officer smelled marijuana on the backpacks of juvenicles living there. (Photo: DeSoto Parish Sheriff’s Office )
Temple was arrested and booked into the DeSoto Parish Detention Center on the following charges: possession of marijuana with intent to distribute, manufacturing/cultivation of marijuana, unlawful use of a controlled dangerous substance in the presence of a person under 17, possession of drug paraphernalia and two counts of possession of a Schedule II CDS.
Jon Ryan Temple, 32, of Mansfield (Photo: DeSoto Parish Sheriff’s Office )
DeSoto SRO sniffs out marijuana on backpacks
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