TALLADEGA COUNTY, Ala. – The Talladega County Sheriff’s department has announced a bust by their Sheriff’s Emergency Response Team (S.E.R.T.) executed Friday morning, May 29th.
The operation led to the confiscation of a large amount of contraband – ICE, Cocaine, Spice, Marijuana, MDMA, guns, paraphernalia, and cash. Arrested was 47-year-old Jelani Bakari Russ, who was booked on four counts of Trafficking, Possession of Marijuana 1st Degree, Certain Person Forbidden to Carry a Firearm, Receiving Stolen Property 2nd Degree, and Possession of Drug Paraphernalia.

The Talladega County Drug and Violent Crime Task Force was also credited by the Sheriff’s Department for the operation.


