AN OHIO MAN IS IN CUSTODY AFTER POLICE FIND HIM IN POSSESSION OF ILLEGAL
DRUGS WITH INTENT TO SELL. 39-YEAR-OLD REGINALD WARD OF OHIO WAS ARRESTED IN
GREENWOOD SATURDAY. WARD WAS STAYING AT THE BUDGET HOST INN--WHEN POLICE SAY
THEY RECEIVED A PHONE CALL ABOUT A STRONG ODOR COMING FROM THE ROOM. HOTEL
OWNERS SPECULATED THE ODOR MIGHT BE CRYSTAL METH--BUT UPON ARRIVAL POLICE FOUND
MORE THAN AN OUNCE OF MARIJUANA ON HAND. THE MISSISSIPPI BUREAU OF NARCOTICS
SEIZED WHAT THEY TESTED TO BE A NEW...POTENT FORM OF MARIJUANA AND HUNDREDS OF
DOLLARS FROM THE HOTEL ROOM. AUTHORITIES SAY HE HAD MORE THAN AN OUNCE AND
LESS THAN A KILO OF MARIJUANA AND ACCORDING TO THE NARCOTICS DIVISION, IT'S A
NEW DRUG CALLED "LOUD". AND DURING THE BUST WE ALSO SEIZED $1,170 IN U.S.
CURRENCY."WARD IS IN THE LEFLORE COUNTY JAIL AWAITING A BOND HEARING.