The Shelby County Drug Enforcement Task Force arrested two people on drug charges Thursday at a Calera convenience store after agents executed a search warrant and "found Salvia Divinorum or what is commonly known as "serenity" or "fake weed" and drug paraphernalia used for smoking the Salvia, prescription medications, and a firearm," the Shelby County Sheriff's Office said today.
The Task Force called in the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents after further investigation revealed that the two people arrested had fraudulent identifications and were in the country illegally, the sheriff's office said.
Arrested were Kaushi Kkumar Patel, 29, of Calera, who was charged with five counts unlawful possession of certain chemical compounds, two counts of unlawful possession of drug paraphernalia, unlawful possession of a controlled substance, and criminal possession of a forged instrument, the sheriff's office said.
Kaushi Kkumar Patel was being held in the Shelby County Jail on a $107,000 bond. Also arrested was Aniruddh Ghanshyam Patel, 26, of McKenzie, Tenn., who was charged with unlawful possession of certain chemical compounds and unlawful possession of drug paraphernalia.
Aniruddh Ghanshyam Patel was being held on a $16,000 bond.
The two were arrested after task force members searched the Rhythm Food Mart in the 8000 block of U.S. 31, the sheriff's office said.
"Over the course of the past year, the Task Force has received numerous complaints about stores throughout Shelby County selling illegal marijuana substitutes," said Lt. Kevin Turner, commander of the drug task force. "The task force takes all of these complaints seriously and targets those businesses who illegally sell these substances. Store owners and operators are required to know what they can and cannot sell."
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