SUSPECTED FLORIDA DRUG DEALER CAUGHT ON A GREYHOUND

SHREVEPORT, La. (AP) - Drug-sniffing dogs used in random searches of
Greyhound buses scored big this week when they turned up a bag
containing $310,000 cash and $20,000 worth of drugs.

A day later, Caddo County sheriff's deputies found the
owner.

Milton Sebastian Englert, 42, was headed to Pensacola, Fla., when he
was arrested Thursday morning at Shreveport's downtown Greyhound bus
station. He was carrying $4,000 and a small amount of heroin.

On Wednesday, two trained dogs, Congo and Ringo, alerted deputies to a
the bag containing the cash and marijuana, heroin, cocaine and
methamphetamines.

``No one would claim the bag,'' said Sheriff Don Hathaway. ``It was
addressed to a location in Florida. So we contacted law enforcement
agencies in Florida and got some names to follow up on.''

Deputies were back at the bus station Thursday morning doing a random
check when Englert's bus unexpectedly returned to the bus station. The
dogs alerted on another bag, but no one claimed it, either.

``After the deputies talked with Englert, he finally admitted both
bags were his,'' Hathaway said. ``To my understanding, the bus was
turned around and sent back to Shreveport because of the weather.

``He had shaved and changed his appearance. We didn't know he was
coming back. It was just another random check down at the bus station.''

Englert was being held Thursday in Caddo Correctional Center on
charges of possession of narcotics with intent to distribute. His bond
had not been set. The FBI also has a warrant for Englert in Florida on
similar charges.

Forfeiture laws could allow the Caddo sheriff's office to get 60
percent of the $314,000 as the arresting agency. The district
attorney's office would receive 20 percent and another 20 percent
would go to the judge's expense fund.

``This is by far the largest amount of money we've picked up in this
type of investigation,'' Hathaway said.

Checked-by: Patrick Henry