MISSOURI STATE HIGHWAY PATROL
a division of the
DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY
Troop B - 308 Pine Crest Drive - Macon, Missouri 63552
NEWS RELEASE
For further information please contact:
Sergeant Eric F. Brown
(660) 385-2132
March 6, 2020
B20002
EMPHASIS:
Adair County Search Warrant Leads to Drug Arrest
At approximately 9:45 a.m., on March 4, 2020, the Missouri State Highway Patrol’s Division of Drug and Crime Control executed a search warrant on a residence located at 1308 South Sheridan Street, Apartment B, Kirksville, Missouri. During the execution of the search warrant officers seized the following items: Approximately eleven pounds of marijuana, approximately three-quarters of a pound of marijuana resin, thirty-eight THC vape pen cartridges, a large amount of THC infused edibles including suckers, approximately eleven pounds of brownies, and gummies, approximately 410 Adderall pills, a morphine pill, nine Ecstasy pills, six Xanax pills, approximately one ounce of psilocybin mushrooms, 162 “hits” of LSD, a loaded semi-automatic handgun, over $80,000 in cash, and a 2016 Nissan Pathfinder Platinum Edition.
Ifeanyyi E. Nnaji, 21, was arrested at the residence. Nnaji is a Nigerian citizen currently residing in the United States on a student visa. On March 5, 2020, the Adair County Prosecuting Attorney formally charged Nnaji with felony delivery of a controlled substance, six counts of felony possession of a controlled substance, and felony unlawful use of a weapon.
The Missouri State Highway Patrol was assisted by the Adair County Sheriff’s Office.
The charges for which Nnaji was arrested for are mere accusations and are not evidence of guilt. Evidence in Support of the charges must be presented before a court of competent jurisdiction whose duty is to determine guilt or innocence
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