COLLEGE STATION, Texas — Multiple people have been arrested in a multi-month narcotics investigation that began in September 2023.
According to the College Station Police Department, their Special Investigations Unit started investigating after learning of cocaine and "fraudulently pressed" Adderall pills in the area. Investigators worked on the case for multiple months before making their first significant moves in bringing the operation to a stop.
On April 23, 2024, police executed a search warrant at a home off of Tanglewood Drive in Bryan, which led authorities to a cocaine supplier after a follow-up investigation. Multiple months later, on Aug. 2, officers executed a search warrant for a home in the 100 block of Deacon Drive West in College Station, which was a home that officials were able to connect to the evidence they uncovered back in April.
A third location was revealed to be tied to the first two, and it was searched on Aug. 6. The Aug. 6 search in the 1500 block of Copperfield Parkway in College Station was the final search prior to the announcement of the arrests.
In total, the execution of the three search warrants resulted in five people being arrested, and multiple different substances being uncovered, which included:
- 12.4 pounds of marijuana
- 9.7 ounces of cocaine
- roughly 1.5 ounces of MDMA in multiple forms
- about 900 "fraudulently pressed" Adderall pills
- around 600 "fraudulently pressed" Xanax pills
- an ounce of psilocybin mushrooms
- 70 THC vape cartridges
- an undisclosed "small" amount of ketamine
The five that were arrested, alongside their charges, include:
- Daegin Hamilton
- Manufacture/Delivery of a Controlled Substance in Penalty Group 1 in an amount between 4 and 200 grams
- Manufacture/Delivery of a Controlled Substance in Penalty Group 1 in an amount between 200 and 400 grams
- Manufacture/Delivery of a Controlled Substance in Penalty Group 2 in an amount between 4 and 400 grams
- Possession of Marijuana in an amount between 4 ounces and 5 pounds
- Engaging in Organized Criminal Activity
- Kate-Lynn Lindeman
- Engaging in Organized Criminal Activity
- Alexander Welch
- Possession of Marijuana in an amount between 4 ounces and 5 pounds
- Zakary Webb
- Manufacture/Delivery of a Controlled Substance in Penalty Group 1 in an amount between 4 and 200 grams
- Manufacture/Delivery of a Controlled Substance in Penalty Group 3 in an amount between 28 and 200 grams
- Possession of Marijuana in an amount between 4 ounces and 5 pounds
- Cayden Carroll
- Manufacture/Delivery of a Controlled Substance in Penalty Group 1 in an amount between 4 and 200 grams
- Possession of Marijuana in an amount between 4 ounces and 5 pounds
- Manufacture/Delivery of a Controlled Substance in Penalty Group 1 in an amount between 1 and 4 grams
- Manufacture/Delivery of a Controlled Substance in Penalty Group 2 in an amount less than 1 gram
The last two charges for Carroll were added by the Brazos County District Attorney's Office after he was taken into custody on Aug. 6 for breaking his probation warrants.
In an update on Aug. 19 from CSPD, Cooper Reed Currie, 26, who had a warrant out for his arrest, turned himself in Monday morning. His charges include:
- Possession of Marijuana in an amount between 5 and 50 pounds from July 2021
- Engaging in Organized Criminal Activity
- Manufacture/Delivery of a Controlled Substance in Penalty Group 1 in an amount between 4 and 200 grams
- Manufacture/Delivery of a Controlled Substance in Penalty Group 1 in an amount between 200 and 400 grams
- Manufacture/Delivery of a Controlled Substance in Penalty Group 2 in an amount between 4 and 400 grams, two counts
- Possession of Marijuana in an amount between 5 and 50 pounds
Currie's bonds total $235,000.
Police have asked anyone with additional knowledge related to the arrests or other criminal activity to get in contact with the College Station Police Department or Brazos County Crime Stoppers. They can be reached by calling 979-764-3600 or 979-775-TIPS (8477) respectively.