In a nine-day period, DeKalb County Narcotics Unit and local law enforcement arrested 27 on drug charges.
On Monday, Feb. 1, DeKalb County Narcotics agents conducted a traffic stop on Gault Ave S in Fort Payne. During the stop, marijuana was found. Briana Marie Engeron, 20, of Crossville, and Thomas Wesley Harris, 25, of Crossville, were charged with Unlawful Possession of Marijuana 2nd and Unlawful Possession of Drug Paraphernalia.
Also, on Monday Feb. 1, DeKalb County Narcotics agents encountered a suspicious male subject in a parking lot on Glenn Blvd SW in Fort Payne. Upon talking to and further investigation, they discovered Robert Harry Farris, 50, of Gayllesville, to be in possession of methamphetamine, marijuana and drug paraphernalia. Farris was charged with Unlawful Possession of Drug Paraphernalia, Unlawful Possession of Marijuana 2nd and Unlawful Possession of Controlled Substance.