A search warrant executed at a home on Amsterdam Street in Mobile turned up thousands of dollars in cash, eight pounds of marijuana, a pistol and a vehicle, according to Mobile police, resulting in the arrest of a 68-year-old man on multiple drug trafficking charges.
Officers with the Mobile County Street Enforcement Narcotics Team carried out the raid earlier this week, recovering more than $2,000 in cash along with the marijuana and firearm. A Mobile Police Department spokeswoman said the seizure was substantial enough to support multiple felony charges against the resident of the home.
Leslie Davis, 68, was arrested and charged with trafficking marijuana, first-degree possession of marijuana, and two counts each of unlawful distribution of marijuana and possession of drug paraphernalia, according to records from the Mobile County Metro Jail. He remained in custody as of the following morning.
Court records show Davis has a criminal history dating back more than two decades. Mobile County sheriff’s deputies arrested him on a marijuana possession charge in 1992, and he pleaded guilty in 1993, receiving two years of probation with a suspended one-year jail sentence. In 2000, he pleaded guilty to a separate first-degree marijuana charge and was sentenced to 10 years. Records show he had not faced arrest again until this latest case.
The Street Enforcement Narcotics Team is a specialized Mobile police unit focused on disrupting street-level and mid-level drug distribution across the city. Large seizures like this one, which combined cash, weight of product and a firearm, typically support the more serious trafficking charge under Alabama law, which carries stiffer mandatory penalties than simple possession.
Police have not indicated whether the investigation that led to the search warrant is connected to any broader narcotics operation in the area, and the department said additional details about the case would be released as it moves through the court system.
The case adds to a string of narcotics enforcement actions carried out by Mobile police in recent months as the department continues efforts to target drug distribution in residential neighborhoods across the city.