15 kilos of cocaine, $336,000 cash seized in ‘one of the largest’ drug busts in recent Jefferson County history

A raid at a Center Point home turned up nearly 15 kilograms of cocaine and hundreds of thousands of dollars in cash. Marcus Allen Harper, a 41-year-old Birmingham man with an extensive arrest history, is charged with drug trafficking. He is being held without bond in the Jefferson County Jail. “This is one of the largest we’ve seen in recent memory,” said JCSO spokesman Henry Irby. Sheriff’s ...