Two Women Charged With Trafficking Meth And Cocaine

BIRMINGHAM, AL - A traffic stop early yesterday morning led to the seizure of more than a pound of methamphetamine and three ounces of cocaine, as well as the arrest of two women from Florence.

Just after midnight on November 14, a member of the Sheriff’s Highway Safety Detail conducted the stop of a Chrysler 300 for a traffic violation on I-20 West at mile marker 132 near Montevallo Road. A subsequent search of the vehicle revealed the meth and cocaine in the trunk of the car.

The occupants of the car, 24-year-old Melynde Ane Fagnes and 29-year-old Adaisha Yelese Smith, were arrested and charged with Trafficking Cocaine and Trafficking Methamphetamine. They were taken to the Jefferson County Jail and held on $30,000 bond each.

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