Prakash Kumar Patel has an ICE hold on him.
By The American Bazaar Staff
WASHINGTON, DC: An Indian man, Prakash Kumar Patel, 27, was arrested near Clito, in Bulloch County, Georgia, for possession of methamphetamine, on Sunday.
A call about a suspicious vehicle ended up leading to Patel’s arrest, according to the Bulloch County Sheriff’s Office, reported the Statesboro Herald.
Sr. Deputy Doug Harrell and Sr. Deputy Jeff White responded to the call at Thomas Village, off U.S. Highway 301 North near Clito, and found Patel, of McCall Boulevard, parked in a black SUV, Sheriff Lynn Anderson said in a news release issued Tuesday.
Patel gave deputies several different stories as to why he was parked at the location, and deputies determined he did not know the tenant of the home, the news release says.
Upon further investigation, deputies discovered “several bags of methamphetamine along with several glass pipes commonly used to smoke methamphetamine,” Anderson said.
Patel was charged with possession of drug-related objects and possession of methamphetamine with intent to distribute. He was taken to the Bulloch County Jail, where he remains without bond because of an Immigration and Customs Enforcement hold, Anderson said.
According to the Justice Department, methamphetamine prices decreased more than 70 percent between the third quarter of 2007 and the second quarter of 2012; during that time methamphetamine purity increased almost 130 percent.
The number of new methamphetamine abusers (“past year initiates”) fluctuated but remained statistically similar from 2008 to 2011, says the Justice Department. The number
of current users increased from 2010 to 2011, but also remained statistically similar and did not exceed the number reported in 2009. Arrestee data in 2011 confirmed regional abuse patterns, with large percentages of arrestees in the western states testing positive for methamphetamine and much lower rates in eastern states where methamphetamine abuse is not as common.