Etowah drug bust

The Etowah County Drug Enforcement Unit arrested two men early Friday morning in Gadsden on heroin trafficking charges.  26 year old Tommie Frank Wright,  and 30 year old Gregory Tyron Pearson, are both charged with drug trafficking . agents allegedly  recovered 10 grams of heroin in a vehicle they were in between 1:30 a.m. and 2 a.m. Friday morning.  Wright is also facing charges of first-degree possession of marijuana and distribution of a controlled substance. Pearson also was charged with second-degree possession of marijuana.  Authorities said an investigation led them to Wright and Pearson and they made a traffic stop once they saw their vehicle. After a small chase around the Tuscaloosa Avenue area, the vehicle was pulled over on Spring Street, and both men taken into custody without further incident.  Both men were taken to the Etowah County Detention Center, where Wright is being held on $55,000 bond and Pearson on $51,000 bond.