VIDOR, Texas — Two people are behind bars after Orange County officials seized narcotics and firearms from a Vidor home during a Thursday drug bust.
The Orange County SWAT team and other Southeast Texas law enforcement agencies searched the home in the 500 block of Ruby Street in Vidor.
Heroin, methamphetamine, ecstasy, methadone, and two rifles were found inside of the home, officials said.
Officials were able to get a search warrant after a lengthy investigation into the distribution of heroin and methamphetamine in the Vidor area, according to the Orange County Sheriff’s Office.
After the drug bust, two occupants, Job Allen Smith, and Talitha Oldbury Findley were arrested on the following charges, according to the release.
Smith was charged with the following:
- Possession of a Controlled Substance Penalty Group 1 (2nd Degree Felony)
- Possession of Controlled Substance Penalty Group 1 (3rd Degree Felony)
- Possession of Controlled Substance Penalty Group 1 (State Jail Felony)
- Possession of Controlled Substance Penalty Group 2 (State Jail Felony)
- Unlawful Possession of Firearm by Felon (3rd Degree Felony)
Findley was charged with the following:
- Possession of a Controlled Substance Penalty Group 1 (2nd Degree Felony)
- Possession of Controlled Substance Penalty Group 1 (3rd Degree Felony)
- Possession of Controlled Substance Penalty Group 1 (State Jail Felony)
- Possession of Controlled Substance Penalty Group 2 (State Jail Felony)
- unrelated bond forfeiture warrant out of Jefferson County for Fraudulent Destruction, Removal, or Concealment of Writing
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Two people are behind bars for drug possession after a drug bust Thursday at an Orange County home.
The Orange County SWAT team and other Southeast Texas law enforcement agencies searched a home in the 500 block of Ruby Street in Vidor.
Officials were able to get a search warrant after a lengthy investigation into the distribution of heroin and methamphetamine in the Vidor, according to the Orange County Sheriff’s Office.
Heroin, methamphetamine, ecstasy, methadone and two rifles were located inside of the home.
After the drug bust, two occupants, Job Allen Smith and Talitha Oldbury Findley were arrested on the following charges.
Job Allen Smith was charged with the following:
- Possession of a Controlled Substance Penalty Group 1 (2nd Degree Felony)
- Possession of Controlled Substance Penalty Group 1 (3rd Degree Felony)
- Possession of Controlled Substance Penalty Group 1 (State Jail Felony)
- Possession of Controlled Substance Penalty Group 2 (State Jail Felony)
- Unlawful Possession of Firearm by Felon (3rd Degree Felony)
Talitha Oldbury Findley was charged with the following:
Possession of a Controlled Substance Penalty Group 1 (2nd Degree Felony)
- Possession of Controlled Substance Penalty Group 1 (3rd Degree Felony)
- Possession of Controlled Substance Penalty Group 1 (State Jail Felony)
- Possession of Controlled Substance Penalty Group 2 (State Jail Felony)
- unrelated bond forfeiture warrant out of Jefferson County for Fraudulent Destruction, Removal, or Concealment of Writing