Crime & Safety

Drugs, Guns Seized In Bellevue Bust

Nashville police said a neighbor tipped them off to drug operation in Bellevue, yielding three arrests.

BELLEVUE, TN -- Metro Police seized 4.8 pounds of marijuana, marijuana edibles, 153 ecstasy pills, three loaded handguns, one vehicle and $1,760 cash in a bust at a Bellevue home Wednesday.

Investigators say a neighbor tipped them off about alleged illegal drug activity at an apartment on Amberwood Circle and a subsequent investigation by undercover detectives led to the execution of the search warrant Wednesday.

Residents Ladarrius Mitchell, D’Angelo Smith, and Robert Tunstall Jr., all 21, are charged with gun possession during the commission of a felony and felony drug possession with intent to sell.

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Smith and Mitchell were both free on $26,000 bond on charges stemming from a fight last month outside the Music City Lounge on Dickerson Pike. Both were each charged with felony drug and weapon possession violations in that case.

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