Two Pine Bluff men were arrested in separate incidents Friday after police reportedly found what they believed was PCP in their possession.
Detron Robertson, 31, was taken into custody after vice and narcotics officers received information that PCP was being sold at a house in the Dollarway area, Deputy Prosecutor Maxie Kizer said during a court hearing Monday.
Detective Dexter Lunsford reported that officers went to that house at about 3 p.m., and saw Robertson and two other people sitting in a vehicle in front of the residence.
Kizer said Robertson was in the back seat and officers saw a cigarette package containing several cigarettes that were soaked with a substance that field tested positive for PCP.
Lunsford reported that Robertson said the PCP was “for his personal use.”
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Nothing was found in the house.
Friday night, Robert Elder, 25, was arrested after police were sent to a reported disturbance at a house in the 1400 block of West 19th Avenue.
Kizer said officers were given the description of a suspect in the incident and located Elder, who matched the description.
Detective Kenneth Evans reported that when police checked Elder, they found a cigarette that had been dipped in PCP.
Pine Bluff District Judge John Kearney set a $25,000 bond for Robertson, who Kizer said has pending residential burglary charges, and a $10,000 bond for Elder after ruling prosecutors had probable cause to charge both men with possession of a controlled substance.
Both Robertson and Elder said they would hire their own attorneys, and were told to come back to court at 9 a.m. June 4.