2 people from Jacksonville arrested in St. Augustine for cocaine

ST. AUGUSTINE, Fla. — Two people from Jacksonville were arrested early Friday morning in St. Augustine and charged with trafficking in cocaine.

An officer with the St. Augustine Police Department spotted a red Ford Explorer leaving a business on King Street just before 2:30 a.m. and said it was speeding.

The officer conducted a traffic stop.

Three people were in the vehicle. Police found a clear plastic baggie containing large crystal-like rocks when a passenger, 38-year-old Robert Lamb, exited the SUV, SAPD said. Officers found more suspected cocaine in a Newport cigarette box during a pat-down, according to police.

The driver, Terrica Law, and another passenger, Kay Harris, were removed from the SUV.

Police conducted a search and found three more baggies of suspected cocaine inside a green purse that was in Harris’ possession.

Kay Harris

SAPD said Law was not in possession of cocaine and was released.

Police said Harris was in possession of 48 grams of cocaine and Lamb was in possession of 36.5 grams of cocaine.

Both were taken to the St. Johns County Jail.

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