Detectives find nearly 4 lbs of fentanyl during search of Memphis home, per sheriff’s office

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (WMC) - A Shelby County man is behind bars after detectives allegedly found enough fentanyl to kill nearly 900,000 people inside a Whitehaven home last week.

Detectives also recovered a felonious amount of marijuana and several weapons between a search at that property and another search at his Cordova home.

Lachristian Dayon Freeman, 24, is charged with fentanyl possession with the intent to sell, marijuana possession with the intent to sell, four counts of possession of drug paraphernalia, and three counts of possessing a firearm during the commission of a felony.

According to the arrest affidavit, Freeman’s charges stem from two state-signed narcotics search warrants executed on Thursday, Nov. 5.

Detectives with the Shelby County Sheriff’s Office conducted the first search at his home in Brentford Cove in Cordova. The second search was conducted at a home on Jerusalem Street in Memphis’ Whitehaven neighborhood.

Freeman was reportedly listed as the targeted suspect for both searches.

Detectives in Cordova brought Freeman into custody without incident before searching his house. Detectives allegedly found $1,364 in cash in his pocket.

Inside the home, detectives found:

• 395 grams, or .87 pounds, of marijuana
• A loaded .40-caliber Glock pistol
• A Glock safe
• A rifle magazine
• A money counter
• An extended magazine
• A vacuum sealer bag
• A loaded Palmetto State AR-style pistol
• A loaded Bear Creek Arsenal AR-style pistol
• $5,006 in cash
• A digital scale

In Whitehaven, detectives found:

• A hydraulic kilogram press with Xylazine and amphetamine residue
• One bullet blender
• Approximately 3.95 pounds of fentanyl
• Two digital scales with white powder residue
• 13.1 grams of marijuana

SCSO’s surveillance found that Freeman frequently traveled to Whitehaven to conduct drug deals before traveling back to his home in Cordova.

Undercover officers were also allegedly successful in buying fentanyl from him.

According to the arrest affidavit, 3.95 pounds of fentanyl is equivalent to 884,505 lethal doses.

Freeman remains behind bars on a $500,000 bond as of Sunday evening.

His next scheduled court appearance is set for Monday morning.

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