Vehicles exchange gunfire on LA 182 in Raceland Share Updated: 9:52 AM CDT May 10, 2021 WDSU Digital Team
The latest breaking updates, delivered straight to your email inbox. Share Updated: 9:52 AM CDT May 10, 2021 WDSU Digital Team The Lafourche Parish Sheriff s Office is investigating after two vehicles exchanged gunfire on a Raceland highway over the weekend. Lafourche Parish Sheriff Craig Webre said no injuries have been reported in the incident.At around 7 p.m. on Saturday, Webre said deputies and detectives learned the incident began on the LA 182 north bridge spanning Bayou Lafourche. On the bridge, someone traveling in a red or maroon Hyundai exited the vehicle and began shooting at occupants in a gray Nissan Maxima, according to Webre. Webre said both vehicles then began traveling west on LA 182 toward Bayou Blue. As they were traveling west, additional shots were fired.The sheriff said they found the Nissan in Racelan
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More than 30 people were arrested on drug charges following a south Lafourche narcotics investigation, authorities said.
Operation Bad BOI was launched late last year and led to the arrests of 33 people over the last two months, the Lafourche Parish Sheriff s Office said. Bad Boi is the street name for heroin, officials said.
Agents obtained eight search warrants for residences, including one on 64th Street in Cut Off which was searched twice in 12 days, the Sheriff s Office said. More than $20,000 was seized as part of the operation.
Sheriff Craig Webre said he hopes the operation sends a clear message to other drug offenders.