A man from South Mississippi was arrested this week in Louisiana after sheriff’s deputies said they found him with 80 pounds of marijuana and Picayune Police who searched his home said they discovered steroids, mushrooms, guns and eight alligators he apparently kept in his pool.

Tyrin Truong, the 25-year-old mayor of Bogalusa, Louisiana, was arrested for allegedly being a member of a drug trafficking organization.

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BATON ROUGE, La. (Louisiana First) — A failed traffic stop followed by a pursuit ended with the arrest of a Louisiana man on multiple charges.

According to reports, Ryan Howard of Picayune Mississippi was discovered to have some 80 pounds of marijuana in his vehicle at the time deputies pulled him over. Following his arrest in St. Tammany Parish deputies contacted detectives in Picayune, Mississippi.

Tyrin Truong, the youngest mayor in Bogalusa’s history, is now facing the fight of his life after being arrested Tuesday (January 7) for his role in an alleged drug trafficking ring.

The mayor of Bogalusa, Louisiana, Tyrin Truong, was arrested as part of an investigation by state police into a drug-trafficking organization.

Authorities said they arrested a man from Picayune on Wednesday after detectives found marijuana, steroids, mushrooms, guns and eight alligators in his pool. The St. Tammany Parish Sheriff’s Office in Louisiana arrested Ryan Howard Tuesday night after he allegedly was found with 80 pounds of marijuana,

Bogalusa, Louisiana mayor Tyrin Truong is caught in the web of a drug trafficking investigation. The 25-year-old city leader has been arrested in connection to the situation, Louisiana state police reported on Tuesday (Jan. 7).

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