A Memphis man wanted for attempted murder pulled a bag of cocaine from his rectum in front of the arresting officer, police said.
Memphis police received information Thursday that Ramone Ivory, a man with an attempted murder warrant, was selling drugs outside a gas station. WREG reported.
Officers said they witnessed Ivory making multiple hand-to-hand transactions at the store, which had a “No Loitering or Trespassing” sign posted at the entrance, before detectives moved in and arrested him. be done.
Police said the man was found with a gun with 14 live rounds in the magazine, a scale and several bags in his pockets.
Ivory had active warrants for attempted murder and use of a firearm with intent to commit a felony.
After being placed in the back seat of a police car, he told officers he had drugs in his rectum.
According to police, officers said Ivory got out of the car to “dig” for drugs.
He pulled out a white powdery substance (later identified as cocaine) and stomped it to the ground, muttering to police, “It was 3.4 grams.”
Ivory was charged with two counts of possession of drug paraphernalia, tampering with evidence, possession of a controlled substance with intent to sell, criminal trespass, unlawful possession of a weapon and possession of a firearm.
He is being held in the Shelby County Jail on $215,000 bail. prison records show. He is scheduled to appear in court next Monday.
