Hot Springs man, Malvern woman arrested in SWAT raid
A Hot Springs man and a Malvern woman remained in custody Wednesday after methamphetamine and prescription drugs were allegedly found during a Hot Springs police SWAT raid on Seventh Street Tuesday morning.
Christopher Paul Jagan, 36, 602 Seventh St., and Candice Nicole Davis, 34, of Malvern, were arrested just after 6 a.m. Thursday at Jagan’s residence and charged with felony possession drug paraphernalia, unauthorized use of another person’s property to facilitate a crime, each punishable by up to 20 years in prison, possession of meth with purpose to deliver, punishable by up to 10 years in prison, felony possessions of meth, Ambien, Klonopin and drug paraphernalia, each punishable by up to six year in prison, and proximity to certain facilities.
They both remained in custody Wednesday in lieu of $16,000 bonds, and are set to appear in Garland County District Court on Sept. 9.
According to the probable cause affidavit, the Hot Springs Police Department’s SWAT and Special Investigations Narcotics Unit executed a search warrant at the Seventh Street residence at around 6 a.m. Tuesday.
Officers located one woman asleep on the couch, and the two suspects sleeping on the bed in the front bedroom.
During the search of the residence, investigators allegedly located a counterfeit $20 bill, a small baggie and a scanner monitoring the radio channels used by Hot Springs police and SWAT in the living room.
In the front bedroom, officers reportedly located 1.5 grams of suspected meth sitting on a scale, a syringe, a phone, 23 suspected Klonopin pills, and a broken glass pipe. Inside a dresser, they allegedly found several empty baggies.
A safe, located in the front bedroom, allegedly contained several empty baggies, 0.6 gram of suspected meth, three syringes, an Arkansas driver’s license for Jagan and one pill bottle containing 23 Ambien. Two other Arkansas driver’s licenses were reportedly found in Jagan’s wallet.
Inside a vehicle on the property, they reportedly located a Taser, glass smoking pipe and cellphone.
At the jail, Davis saw the bottle of Ambien pills and stated they were Jagan’s sleeping pills, but the name on the prescription bottle was not Jagan’s. Jagan also claimed the pills were his.