VALDOSTA – The Valdosta Police Department seized four handguns and an assortment of narcotics after executing a search warrant Monday.
Detectives with the VPD Narcotics Unit executed a search warrant at a residence in the 1500 block of Baymeadows Drive with the assistance of members of the Power Squad Unit, K-9 Unit and other detectives.
The VPD detectives found four handguns, approximately 8 grams of MDMA powder, 957 MDMA pills, approximately 39.9 grams of marijuana, approximately 135.5 grams of cocaine, 16 Tramadol pills and U.S. currency and items indicative of narcotics sales during the search.
The residence’s occupant was identified as 30-year old Davanti Yearby, who was arrested and transported to the Lowndes County Jail without incident, the release said.
Yearby received felony charges of trafficking methamphetamine, trafficking cocaine, possession of Schedule IV controlled substance with the intent to distribute, possession of a firearm during the commission of a felony and four counts of possession of a firearm by a convicted felon. He was also charged with a misdemeanor of possession of drug-related objects.
VPD Chief Leslie Manahan said, “This was a great result of a thorough investigation that was conducted by our Narcotics Unit. They were able to get not only dangerous narcotics off the street but four firearms that this offender had illegally.”