Hattiesburg man arrested on drug charges

HATTIESBURG, Miss. (WDAM) - Members of the Hattiesburg Police Department Special Operations arrested a Hattiesburg man on multiple felony drug charges on Tuesday, Oct. 31.

According to HPD, 36-year-old Kelvin Gholar was arrested in the 1900 block of Byron Street and was charged with one count of trafficking a controlled substance (ecstasy), possession of a controlled substance (oxycodone) along with four active indictments – trafficking a controlled substance (x3) and conspiracy to commit trafficking a controlled substance.

Gholar was also served a misdemeanor warrant (domestic simple assault) at the time of arrest, HPD said.

HPD said authorities seized 782 dosage units of ecstasy, 13 units of oxycodone and recovered a firearm during the arrest.