Hamilton man arrested for mailing drugs in Tremont, Miss.

Andrew McCarley

Photo courteous of Itawamba County, MS Sheriff's Office

Article contributed by The Journal Record

By SCOTT JOHNSON
News Editor

HAMILTON - A Hamilton man was arrested in Tremont, Miss., after allegedly receiving packages of controlled substances through the U.S. Mail in Tremont, Miss.

According to the Itawamba County Sheriff’s Office in Fulton, Miss., Andrew Drake McCarley, 20, Hamilton, was arrested on Aug. 21 by agents of the North Mississippi Narcotics Unit.

McCarley is being charged with possession of a cocaine enhanced by a firearm. His bond was set at $10,000.

The arrest was made following an investigation by the Itawamba County narcotics unit, which was also assisted by the Mississippi Highway Patrol, Mississippi Bureau of Narcotics and the U.S Postal Inspectors.

According to the Itawamba sheriff’s Facebook page, the investigation was continued into Alabama with other arrests anticipated.

(When a defendant is charged with a crime, the charge is merely an accusation and the defendant is presumed innocent until and unless proven guilty.)