Evangeline Parish raid finds 132 cannabis plants behind a Mamou camper; man charged
Evangeline Parish sheriff’s deputies searched a camper and three greenhouses at 1058 Vasseur Lane in Mamou on 2 November 2026 and seized 132 marijuana plants, 971 grams of marijuana, two rifles and kratom capsules. They later arrested the sole resident, 42-year-old Jimmy Lynn Wilson, on a possession-with-intent count, 132 marijuana cultivation counts and two firearm counts.
🇺🇸 1058 Vasseur Lane, Mamou, Evangeline Parish, Louisiana · Louisiana, United States
Deputies of the Evangeline Parish Sheriff’s Office searched a camper and three greenhouses at 1058
Vasseur Lane in Mamou on 2 November 2026, after a 10 October tip that a greenhouse there held a large
amount of marijuana.[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10]Agents investigated and watched the property before
obtaining the search warrant.[3]The owner, 42-year-old Jimmy Lynn Wilson, was the sole resident of the
camper and land and was not there during the search.[1][7][10]
Deputies seized 132 marijuana plants and 971 grams of marijuana.[1][2][4][11][7][9][10]They also took two
rifles, a Remington Model 700 .270 and a Savage Model 19 .22 Long Rifle, and 45 kratom capsules.[1][2][4][7][10]The sheriff’s office put the street value of the drugs at about $32,450[1][2][7][10]; another
account gives about $132,000 for the plants alone and $50 for the kratom.[3]
Deputies later found and arrested Wilson and charged him with possession with intent to distribute
marijuana and 132 counts of cultivation, production, distribution or possession with intent to
distribute marijuana, all felonies under Louisiana Revised Statute 40:966.[1][2][4][5][7][10]He was also
charged with two counts of possessing a firearm in the presence of a controlled dangerous substance
under Louisiana Revised Statute 14:95E.[1][2][7][10]
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Marijuana plants seized in the Evangeline Parish investigation, as captioned on the page; the photo carries no credit.Photo details
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Source: KALBItems seized in the Evangeline Parish investigation. Photo: Evangeline Parish Sheriff’s OfficePhoto details
Every number and detail the sources state, with the sources that state it.
Arrested
1
Charged
1
Plants destroyed
132
Cannabis
971 g
Value (official estimate)
USD 32,450
Agency
Evangeline Parish Sheriff’s Office
Agency type
Police
Cannabis
Living plants (132 plants); Herbal cannabis (971 g)
Activity
Cultivation, Possession, Sale
Setting
Home, Other building
Grown
Greenhouse
Charges
possession with intent to distribute marijuana; cultivation, production, distribution or possession with intent to distribute marijuana; possession of a firearm in the presence of a controlled dangerous substance
Case stage
Charged
Region
Evangeline Parish
Sources
KLFY.comklfy.comOver 100 marijuana plants seized in Evangeline Parish
KLFY.comklfy.comOver 100 marijuana plants seized in Evangeline Parish
KALBkalb.comMajor marijuana grow operation bust in Mamou
The arrest date is not given; deputies arrested the man “later on”, after the 2 November search, so 2 November is the raid date and not necessarily the arrest date.
The 971 grams is described only as marijuana; no source separates plants from dried product or says what of the 132 plants was uprooted rather than taken.
The page does not say whether the marijuana arose from the greenhouse plants or how the $32,450 street value was divided between the marijuana and the kratom, so the value is recorded as the sheriff’s office’s total drug estimate.
The man’s booking and custody status, and any court date or outcome, were not reported; the case was at the charge stage.
The seized items photograph listed on the page could not be confirmed by a direct image address, so only the plants photo is linked.
No independent second account of the raid was found; the only source is KLFY’s report of the sheriff’s office statement.
An 'items seized during the investigation' photo appears on the page but its direct image address could not be recovered from the markup, so it is not linked as media.
No independent outlet coverage of the raid was found; both KLFY URLs carry the same sheriff's office account.
KALB's sheriff's office figures are not reconciled with the $32,450 total drug value recorded in the report from KLFY's account of the same statement.
The report does not say whether the 132 plants were taken as evidence or destroyed, so no separate plant seizure or destruction split is recorded.
The Yahoo page is a syndicated copy of KLFY's Nexstar article, not an independent second account.
The arrest date remains unstated beyond deputies finding Wilson "later on" after the 2 November search.
The capture gives no court date or outcome; the case was at the charge stage.
The KTVE item carries only a one-sentence caption and no arrests, figures or charges; its video was not transcribed, so no detail from the footage is recorded.
KTVE's description says over 100 marijuana plants, fewer than the 132 plants the sheriff's office statement counted.
No figure for an area, hectare or weight of the 132 plants in an uprooted-to-taken split was given; the 971 grams remains unseparated from the plants.
The page reports the sheriff's office street value of the plants alone at about $132,000 and of the kratom at $50, which does not match the $32,450 total reported by KLFY from the same statement.
The booking photograph of Wilson has no caption or credit beyond his name; the Evangeline Parish Sheriff's Office is inferred as its publisher from the statement it accompanies.
No court date, plea or outcome was reported; the case was at the charge stage.
The arrest date is still unstated beyond deputies finding Wilson "later on" after the 2 November search.
Left out, as its quotation was not found in KTVE - myarklamiss.com: They also took two rifles, a Remington Model 700 .270 and a Savage Model 19 .22 Long Rifle, and 45 kratom capsules.
Left out, as its quotation was not found in KTVE - myarklamiss.com: The sheriff's office listed the two seized rifles with their serial numbers, E6414823 for the Remington and 46840 for the Savage.
Left out, as its quotation was not found in KTVE - myarklamiss.com: The report credited the account to the sheriff's office as relayed by KLFY in Lafayette.
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