Chalmette brothers arrested with an assault rifle, a handgun, crack cocaine, powder cocaine and a large number of prescription pills

Guns, cocaine and pills recovered in arrest of Chalmette brothers.

Brothers Ibrahim Abualia, left, and, at right, Mohammed Abualia, both arrested with guns, cocaine and pills.

A pair of Chalmette brothers were arrested with an assault rifle, a handgun, both crack cocaine and powder cocaine and a large number of prescription pills when they were stopped for a traffic offense by agents of the Special Investigations Division, Sheriff James Pohlmann said.

Ibrahim Abualia, 32, and his brother Mohammed Abualia, 27, who live together on Rosetta Drive in Chalmette, were stopped Oct. 6 in a vehicle on West Judge Perez Drive in Chalmette as they were headed toward New Orleans, Sheriff Pohlmann said.

Agents noticed a handgun in plain view and further questioned the pair, the sheriff said.

After denying there were any other guns or any narcotics, the driver, Mohammed Abualia, consented to a search of the vehicle, Sheriff Pohlmann said.

During that search, a fully loaded assault rifle was found in the trunk and also found in the vehicle were a rifle magazine of ammo, 11 plastic bags containing crack cocaine, seven bags of powder cocaine and drug paraphernalia, as well as 147 prescription pills, 126 of which were the painkiller Tramadol.

It was learned Ibrahim Abualia is a convicted felon and was booked with being a convicted felon in illegal possession of a firearm.

Both were booked with possession of a firearm while in possession of controlled dangerous substances, with possession of crack and the Tramadol with intent to distribute, and possession of powder cocaine, other pills and drug paraphernalia.

Mohammed Abualia was also booked on the traffic infractions.

Both were booked into St. Bernard Parish Prison. Ibrahim Abualia is being held in lieu of bond set at $95,000 and Mohammed Abualia has been released on $65,000 bond.