Cocaine Trafficking Suspect Found with Gun and More Drugs

ST. THOMAS — Police serving an arrest warrant on a suspect for trafficking charges reportedly found him with more cocaine and an illegal firearm in his possession.

On Friday afternoon, members of the Special Operations Bureau deployed to a location in Red Hook Plaza to execute an arrest warrant. They spotted the suspect – N’Kel Morton – sitting in his black Acura sedan, and as the officers approached, they reportedly took note of the strong odor of marijuana coming from within. They also noted that the vehicle was parked within 1000 feet of a nearby high school.

During the pat-down that ensued, police reportedly discovered in Morton’s right back pocket a golf-ball-sized transparent plastic bag containing white powder that later tested positive for cocaine.

Morton and his vehicle were taken into police custody. A subsequent inventory of the Acura yielded a white plate with a red flower pattern which held an unknown quantity of cocaine, and more cocaine in two small pouches, one green and the other black. Other small plastic bags contained additional varying amounts of crack and powdered cocaine, and the vehicle also contained capsule pills with undisclosed contents. Police also found a small amount of marijuana, according to documents presented in court.