Man and woman in bullet-riddled car with the holes covered with stickers to disguise them arrested with $400 of heroin, crushed pain pills, and a stolen gun

If a New Orleans pair was trying to drive inconspicuously because of drugs in their car they made a couple of mistakes.

Sheriff’s narcotics officer Capt. Ronnie Martin spotted an Audi with illegal tinting on its windows and being driven erratically, Sheriff James Pohlmann said.

When Martin stopped the car on West Judge Perez Drive in Chalmette the afternoon of Aug. 31, he also noticed something odd as he walked toward it: the vehicle was riddled with bullet holes in front and on the side and they were covered by stickers as a poor disguise.

And the smell of burned marijuana hinted of drugs inside

In the car, sheriff’s deputies found nearly four grams of heroin worth about $400, five grams of crushed prescription tablets, a hit of Ecstasy, a small amount of marijuana, two tablets of Alprazolam and a handgun reported stolen.

Reginald Johnson, 34, 4629 Eastern St., New Orleans – who is a convicted felon who served prison time for attempted murder and aggravated battery – and Keshon Holmes, 25, 6021 N. Derbigny St., New Orleans, were both booked with possession with intent to distribute heroin and the crushed prescription tablets, and possession of Ecstasy, marijuana and Alprazolam.

Johnson was also booked with possession of a firearm by a felon, possession of a stolen firearm, possession of a firearm in connection with controlled, dangerous substances. possesion of drug paraphernalia and the illegal window tinting count.

Officers never learned where the bullet holes came from, the sheriff said. When Johnson was asked about it his reply was that he “was in the wrong place at the wrong time,” Sheriff Pohlmann said.

Both Johnson and Holmes were being held in St. Bernard Parish Prison with no bond, pending an appearance before a magistrate judge.