BRIEFLY THREE HELD IN SALE OF POT AND COCAINE.PALMDALE Palmdale, city (1990 pop. 68,842), Los Angeles co., S Calif., in the irrigated Antelope Valley; a growing residential suburb of Los Angeles near Little Rock Creek where it forms Lake Palmdale Reservoir, inc. 1962. - Three people were arrested on suspicion of selling drugs out of an apartment, deputies said. Partners Against Crime deputies said they witnessed a drug sale Friday morning near the apartment, then arrested three people: Robert Strong, 20, Shanta Johnson, 19, and a 17-year-old girl. In the apartment in the 38600 block of 11th Street East deputies said they found marijuana marijuana or marihuana, drug obtained from the flowering tops, stems, and leaves of the hemp plant, Cannabis sativa (see hemp) or C. indica; the latter species can withstand colder climates. , rock cocaine cocaine (kōkān`, kō`kān), alkaloid drug derived from the leaves of the coca shrub. A commonly abused illegal drug, cocaine has limited medical uses, most often in surgical applications that take advantage of the fact that, in , measuring scales and cash. Strong and Johnson were booked at the Lancaster sheriff's station on narcotics narcotics n. 1) techinically, drugs which dull the senses. 2) a popular generic term for drugs which cannot be legally possessed, sold, or transported except for medicinal uses for which a physician or dentist's prescription is required. charges, and the girl was taken to Challenger Memorial Youth Center. - Daily News |
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