Court documents indicated authorities were told by a confidential source that Thomas Ray Kelso, 72, owner and manager of the Briarwood Apartments, was selling drugs and exploiting female residents of the complex into exchanging sex in payment for rent, to keep their electricity connected or for drugs.
An "interstate saturation" in June played a large role in the quantities of illegal drugs seized during the last quarter, including nearly 66 grams of cocaine by the Central Arkansas
A traffic stop led to the search of a man's home, where authorities found 975 fentanyl pills, 149.5 grams of methamphetamine and other drugs and firearms.
A Searcy apartment building owner arrested last April by police following complaints of drug activity and human trafficking at the complex he owns appeared in federal court Thursday on a federal complaint accusing him of sex trafficking and drug distribution.