Officers swarmed Kevin Leon Cockrell’s truck as he pulled into the driveway of his mobile home Thursday night

Cockrell, who later told officers he was a preacher in Tyler, was charged with drug trafficking after police seized nine pounds of marijuana from the bed of his red Ford F-350 pickup truck.

Shaped in the form of two large bricks, the marijuana is estimated to have a street value of around $6,500.

Lt. John Brock of the Selma Police Narcotics Division said police also seized about $161 in cash from the 36-year-old suspect, who gave a Sawyerville address as his residence.

A team composed of Selma Police Narcotics Division detectives, the Dallas County Sheriff’s Department, and an agent from the Fourth Judicial Circuit Drug Task Force made the drug bust hours after serving a search warrant and making a drug arrest.

Justus Allen Walker, 22, a resident in the 1400 block of Pollard Street, was charged with unlawful possession of marijuana on Thursday after officers served him a search warrant and discovered 55 bags of the drug in his home.

“He had about a quarter pound of marijuana,” Brock said. “It was divided into red bags, which he sold for $10 a piece, and green bags, which he sold for $20.”

Selma Police Chief Robert Green said police also seized about $743 in cash believed to have come from the sale of drugs, as well as set of scales.

“Despite criticism of this department and the fact that we are under staffed, our officers have done an outstanding job,” Green said. “They are doing their best efforts to stop the sale of drugs in Selma.”

Green said it is possible that more arrests could be forthcoming in this case, and an investigation is still underway.

“Marijuana is still the drug of choice in this area,” Green said. “It’s not unusual for us to find this large amount in an arrest.”

Cockrell is currently being held in the Parry County Jail under a $100,000 bond, while Walker is in the Dallas County Jail under a $6,500 bond.