On Wednesday, April 3, 2024, at approximately 8:55 a.m., Arkansas State Police (ASP) stopped a white Sprinter van on Interstate 40 eastbound near the 4-mile marker in Crawford County for a traffic violation.
During a search of the vehicle, the Trooper located multiple individual packages of illegal marijuana weighing 257 pounds, 10 pounds of methamphetamine, a Glock handgun, and $2,020.
ASP transported the driver, Javaris Demonte Kelly, 30, from McDonough, Georgia, to the Crawford County Detention Center, where he was booked and charged with simultaneous possession of drugs and firearms, trafficking a controlled substance, two counts of possession of drug paraphernalia, and driving vehicle with suspended registration.
