Police: Drugs, Guns, Cash Seized At Antioch Home

ANTIOCH, TN — A smorgasbord of drugs, nearly $7,000 in cash, four guns and two felons were found during an investigation of a home in Antioch, according to police.

During surveillance of a home on Coles Branch Drive in Antioch, undercover detectives saw Donta Smith, 29, come outside and get into a Jaguar sedan. Detectives followed Smith to a car wash on West End, where they say he met Kenneth Dixon, 25, of Nashboro Boulevard.

Detectives moved in to arrest Smith, who had an outstanding felony drug warrant in Rutherford County, and both Smith and Dixon tried to run away, but both were apprehended. Smith was armed with a pistol and was carrying hydrocodone pills, police say. The detectives say Dixon discarded a pistol as he fled and that they found heroin, cocaine and marijuana inside his car.

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Police obtained a warrant for the Coles Branch home and say they recovered from there were 99 Xanax pills, an "assault style pistol," a Glock pistol that had been reported stolen, 1.6 grams of Ecstasy, and $259 cash.

Both men are charged with several drug and gun offenses. Smith’s bond is set at $90,000. Dixon’s bond is set at $65,000.

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