Drug bust results in record Ecstasy seizure in Weber County

A search warrant and high speed chase resulted in the arrest of who police say is a major drug dealer in Weber County Thursday night and the largest Ecstasy bust in the history of the Weber-Morgan Narcotics Strike Force.

An on-going investigation into a man suspected of dealing Ecstasy and marijuana culminated in a search warrant being served at the man's house, near 400 West and 500 South in Ogden, Thursday night.

The man was not at the home when officers arrived, so they staked it out and anticipated his return, said strike force commander Darin Parke.

When the man returned to his house about 9:30 p.m. in his Hummer H2, strike force members attempted to block him in, but the man put his car in drive and went through several yards and crashed through a couple of fences before reaching the main road again, Parke said.

The chase continued for another 10 minutes at that point, reaching top speeds of 60 mph. While trying to avoid tire spikes laid out by officers, the man's vehicle swerved sharply near Washington Boulevard and 12th Street and struck a pole, Parke said.

The man still wouldn't comply with officers' orders at that point and had to be tased before they were able to take him into custody. The man received minor injuries from the crash.

Inside the vehicle, detectives said they found two handguns to go along with the three other guns they found inside his house. Also in the house, investigators seized 2,000 Ecstasy pills with an estimated street value of $43,000.

"That's a new Ecstasy record for the strike force," Parke said.

Other items seized included 6 pounds of marijuana worth an estimated $39,600 on the street, $11,000 in cash, and other assorted pills including Hydrocodone, Oxycontin and Hydromorphine. The combined street value of all the pills seized, including the Ecstasy, was about $102,000, he said.

"He's definitely an upper level supplier," Parke said.

The investigation into the man's activities was continuing. Because of that, Parke did not have a lot of information or did not want to reveal Friday who was supplying the suspect with his drugs and to whom he was selling them.

"He had a network," was all he would say.

The man had about 10 aliases. He was booked into the Weber County Jail under 22-year-old Marcus Ryan Bouie, but Parke said detectives were still working Friday to confirm that was his real name.

Bouie was booked into jail for investigation of numerous counts of drug possession with intent to distribute, possess of a firearm by a restricted person, possession of drug paraphernalia, evading, having no insurance and giving police false information.

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