Philmore Ware (left) and Jakoby Ware (right).
From Tribune staff reports
JEFFERSON COUNTY, Ala.–The Jefferson County Sheriff’s office announced on Tuesday that two men were arrested while executing multiple search warrants in Forestdale last week and charged with drug trafficking.
On Nov. 7, detectives with the Jefferson County Vice and Narcotics Division, SWAT team, and U.S. Postal Inspection Service executed the search warrants at a business located in the 1900 block of Veterans Memorial Drive and a residence located in the 800 block of Brandy Circle.
During the searches, law enforcement seized 1,182 grams of cocaine, 6.38 grams of Oxycodone, 3.63 grams of Hydrocodone, 11.9 grams of marijuana, 158 grams of gummies, 19 suboxone strips, and 1.12 grams of adderall.
An Anderson Manufacturing AR 15, S&W MP.45 Caliber, and a Glock 19 9mm were also seized.
Philmore Ware, 41, has been charged with two counts of drug trafficking and is being held on a $1,005,000 bond.
His nephew, 22-year-old Jakoby Ware, was also charged with drug trafficking and is being held on a $1 million bond.
Both suspects are in the custody of the Jefferson County Jail.
