Sheriff’s Office says traffic stop on “deportable” Russian truck driver led to one of Louisiana’s largest meth seizures

The Livingston Parish Sheriff’s Office recently conducted one of Louisiana’s largest meth seizures after a traffic stop on a semi truck. 

The incident was reported by the  Livingston Parish Sheriff’s Office on Tuesday, August 11th on Interstate 12 eastbound in Denham Springs, Louisiana. 

According to the Livingston Parish Sheriff’s Office, a LPSO K9 Division officer conducted a traffic stop on a semi truck and discovered that the truck driver was a Russian nationalist in the country illegally. The truck driver was identified as Anton Vitalyevich Rakov and was taken into custody due to his “deportable” status.

Officers then conducted an investigation of the tractor trailer and discovered around 790 pounds of methamphetamine hidden inside of the trailer. The LPSO did not specify exactly how the contraband was concealed, but photos show authorities utilizing scaffolding to reach the top of the trailer.

Sheriff Ard of the LPSO says that the discovered contraband makes for “one of the LARGEST Methamphetamine Seizures in Livingston Parish (And, Louisiana).”

Rakov is currently in ICE custody. Investigation of the incident is still active.