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News Release
Contact: Major Robert Sanders FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Phone: (601) 856-6111 Date: 11/26/2018

On November 26, 2018 at 01:04 am, a member of the Rankin/Madison

Interdiction Unit conducted a traffic stop for Careless Driving

on Interstate 55 NB near the 109 mile marker in the City of

Madison, Mississippi. During the course of the traffic stop, the

officer noticed the odor of marijuana coming from the vehicle.

Following an alert by the officer’s K9, approximately 103 pounds

of marijuana was discovered inside the vehicle occupied by

Lanekia Michelle Brown of Grenada, Mississippi and Marcus

Anthony Redrick of Hutchins, Texas. Narcotics Investigators

with the City of Madison coordinated with Investigators with the

City of Grenada when it was determined that the marijuana was

destined for Grenada, Mississippi. Agents with the City of

Grenada along with the Mississippi Bureau of Narcotics conducted

search warrants at locations belonging to Lanekia Brown where an

additional two pounds of marijuana was discovered along with

packaging material and scales used for distribution. Marcus

Anthony Redrick and Lanekia Brown are both being charged with

Trafficking of a Controlled Substance through the City of

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Madison and they are currently being held without bond pending

an initial appearance in Madison Municipal Court.

103 POUNDS OF MARIJUANA

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LANEKIA MICHELLE BROWN

MARCUS ANTHONY REDRICK

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