Brett Favre’s sister arrested on drug charges
Brett Favre’s 34-year-old sister, Brandi Favre, was arrested on Wednesday facing drug charges. She was taken into custody after a raid on a condo in Mississippi, where people between the age of 25 and 53 were making crystal
methamphetamine (meth), according to local authorities.
Brandi was one of the five people arrested in the raid, charged with making methamphetamine and creating hazardous waste, said Hancock County Sheriff's Maj. Matt Karl. Karl said, "She happened
to be there and she was arrested along with the others."
Out of the four other suspects, two are also facing charges of manufacturing methamphetamine and generating hazardous waste, while two others were arrested on charges of selling a controlled substance. One also faces charges
of possession of meth with intent to distribute.
An approximate nine grams of crystal methamphetamine was recovered from the condo, and hazardous materials teams had to clear out the area, according to Karl. The nine grams of meth is worth about $1,000 on the black market.
Brandi was in custody and is to appear in court for a scheduled Thursday morning appearance. Requests made to Brett’s agent, James “Bus” Cook, for comments went unanswered. The arrest was reported by a local news station
in Biloxi, Mississippi. However, this isn’t the first time that Brandi has had a run in with the law.
In 1999, Brandi, her sister in law and another woman were arrested on charges of felony shoplifting. Three years before that incident, in 1996, she was charged in relation to a drive by shooting at a roadside motel in Slidell,
Louisiana. Brandi was charged with unlawful use of a weapon. At that time she was a student at the University of Southern Mississippi, where her brother Brett also played football.
She then completed a program in Louisiana to erase her criminal record. Karl also said that the police are “very familiar” with Brandi. "She's always in trouble," he said.
Karl also said that drug operations have gone from 108 arrests per month two years ago, down to only 6 to 8 per month last year. A new law that requires a prescription for cold medicine that has pseudoephedrine in it is the
reason behind it. Pseudoephedrine is one of the main ingredients used in making crystal meth. Criminals now go to Parish, Louisiana to buy the pseudoephedrine and bring it back to Mississippi.
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