Video: West Point Police Make Large Drug Bust

WEST POINT, Miss. (Press Release) – On 10/20/2017, Corporal Freddie Bardley was on patrol when he noticed a subject who was allegedly involved in a burglary of a residence. After approaching the subject, the subject fled on foot. Cpl. Bardley gave chase, but was unable to apprehend the subject. While pursuing the subject, he contacted Officer Kyle Eaves to go over to the street the subject was last seen. After an exhaustive search, the subject was not located. Officer Eaves got into Cpl. Bardley’s vehicle so that he could take him back to his vehicle. While enroute to get his vehicle, Officer Eaves noticed a black male subject on Meadowbrook Drive sitting in a tan Chevrolet Blazer. He stated that the subject looked similar to the person they had just pursued and that when they passed him, he dropped his head in order not to make eye contact as they passed. Officer Eaves noticed that this was very suspicious. After approaching the vehicle, Officer Eaves could smell a strong odor of marijuana and saw a bag of a green leafy substance consistent with marijuana in the subject’s lap. Officer Eaves asked the subject to give him the marijuana, the subject complied. Officer Eaves placed the marijuana on the hood of the subject’s vehicle and asked the subject to step out of the truck. Officers Eaves stated that as he was about to place the subject under arrest, the subject pulled away and fled on foot. Officers Eaves and Cpl. Bardley chased the subject instructing him to stop, but the subject continued to flee. The subject was ordered to stop, but refused. During the foot pursuit and in order to get the subject stopped, the officer deployed his taser. The subject fell to the ground after being tased and was immediately handcuffed by Cpl. Bardley. The subject sustained minor injuries due to being tased and falling. An ambulance was dispatched to check on the subject’s injuries. After a subsequent search of the vehicle, officers found one and half pounds of marijuana, 433 grams of crystal methamphetamines (ice) and 35 Hydrocodone pills. Officers seized over $18, 000 dollars in cash and the Chevy Blazer.

Arrested: Jeffery Reese Quinn, Male/Black – 840 East Main St., West Point, MS

The subject has been charged with Possession of Marijuana with intent to distribute, Aggravated Trafficking which was based on the amount of Crystal Meth found in his possession(Amount over 30 grams constitutes Aggravated Trafficking) and Possession of Controlled Substance (Schedule II Narcotic).

The subject was arraigned before Judge Bennie Jones and his bond was set at 175,000 dollars.