Last Thursday, a quiet block on St. Christopher Drive in Slidell turned into the backdrop for a major narcotics raid, as St. Tammany Parish sheriff’s deputies rolled up with a search warrant and rolled out with an eye-popping stash of drugs, weapons, vehicles and cash.
The operation, carried out at a residence in the 1600 block of St. Christopher Drive, was led by the Sheriff’s Narcotics Unit and Proactive Enforcement Unit. By the time deputies were done, they had two people in custody, along with a haul that included boats, a customized 1976 Chevrolet truck and what the sheriff’s office described as a substantial cache of suspected trafficking material pulled out of the neighborhood.
According to a post from the St. Tammany Parish Sheriff's Office, detectives recovered roughly 8.5 pounds of marijuana along with cocaine, THC oil, vapes, edibles, psilocybin mushrooms and MDMA, plus 46 prescription pills that deputies say were being possessed illegally. The list of seized property did not stop at drugs. The post details eight firearms, jewelry and sports memorabilia, two boats, a customized 1976 Chevrolet truck, a Honda sedan and exactly $101,298 in cash.
The sheriff’s office identified the two people arrested during the search as 32-year-old Mason Metz and 34-year-old Sesson Mason. Both remained in custody while investigators worked through the mountain of seized evidence, according to the agency.
Similar Raids This Year
The March raid was not a one-off. It follows earlier targeted sweeps by the same sheriff’s units. In January, a separate operation in Slidell led to multiple arrests and the seizure of firearms, cocaine and methamphetamine, as reported by WGNO.
At the time, deputies said that January push was designed to get illegal weapons and narcotics out of neighborhoods before they could fuel violent crime. Local law enforcement officials have repeatedly framed these kinds of concentrated efforts as proactive crime-prevention work, not just responses after violence has already broken out.
Investigation And Next Steps
The sheriff’s office post about last week’s raid did not list formal charges or include booking records. Detectives said the investigation is ongoing and that evidence is still being processed, according to the St. Tammany Parish Sheriff's Office.
Because of the amount of suspected narcotics involved, along with the firearms and the six-figure pile of cash, investigators will likely examine the seized items for possible connections to distribution networks and financial trails as they continue their work. The sheriff’s office encouraged anyone with information about the case to contact investigators, according to the same post.
This story will be updated once booking information and formal charges are made publicly available.
