LOCAL DEPUTIES ARREST MAN FOR SALE OF “KUSH”

  

A Richmond man is free on $100,000 bond after his arrest Tuesday by Washington County Sheriff’s deputies.

51-year old Ashraf Nazar Ali is charged with Delivery of a Controlled Substance and two counts of Possession with Intent to Deliver a Controlled Substance.

According to Washington County Sheriff Otto Hanak, Ali was arrested after a lengthy criminal investigation by his office that led to the execution of two search warrants Tuesday afternoon at two businesses in the 4000 block of Highway 36 North.

Deputies found over 300 sealed packets of synthetic caniboids – known as KUSH – which is illegal in Texas.

The packets, which range in size from 8-to-11 grams, has a total street value of over $12,000.  Deputies also seized a large amount of cash which investigators believe was from the sale of illegal drugs and paraphernalia.

Also confiscated was drug paraphernalia, including: smoking pipes, screens and grinders, commonly used with these type of synthetic drug.

Ali's bond had originally been set at $100,000 on each of the three felonies, but that was reduced to a total of $100,000.

Each of the three offense is a First-Degree Felony, with punishments ranging from 5-to-99 years, to life in prison and a $10,000.00 fine

Ali remains in the Washington County jail.