Five people, all previously convicted felons, were arrested Friday in Alexandria after a joint drug sting involving several law enforcement agencies.

According to Sheriff Patrick Ray, approximately five grams of fentanyl, along with methadone, morphine, Xanax were seized in the operation, as well as six guns, a Chevy Silverado, a Dodge Dakota, a BMW, cell phones, flash drives, home security system, digital scales, computer, ammo, and $973 cash.

Taken into custody were 36-year-old Samer Walid Abdalla, 34-year-old Courtney Paris, and 55-year-old Ernest Grady Tanner, 38-year-old Amy Renee Ford of Chumbley Hollow, Watertown; and 39-year-old Jerry Henry Goff. Members of the 13th and 15th Judicial District Drug Task Force, the Drug Enforcement Agency, Alexandria Police Department, the Tennessee Highway Patrol Criminal Investigation Division, and the DeKalb County Sheriff’s Department reportedly executed and served a narcotics search warrant at the New Hope Road home where the five were found.

The sheriff said that Adballa and Paris were in the master bedroom, along with approximately five grams of powder on a nightstand that tested positive for fentanyl, prescription narcotics apparently packaged for resale, guns, three sets of digital scales, a large number of hypodermic needles, and packaging material used in the distribution of narcotics.

Ray said that Abdalla, who is known to law enforcement as being Hepatitis C positive, fought with agents and attempted to bite them as they tried to place him under arrest. Abdalla gained a bloody nose during the incident, putting the officers at risk of infection. He was charged with criminal exposure of Hepatitis C.

“Abdalla was ordered several times to raise his hands and to place them behind his back. He failed to comply, striking at agents and forcing them to restrain him to affect the arrest,” Ray said. “Abdalla fought with the agents and tried to take an agent’s gun by grabbing the upper barrel portion of the rifle and pulling. Abdalla tried to bite two agents who were trying to restrain him. Abdalla was slightly injured and began bleeding from the nose. He continued to struggle knowing that he has Hepatitis C placing agents at risk of being infected. Abdalla acknowledged that he has Hepatitis C and he has been charged with criminal exposure twice before.”

Abdalla charged with assaulting an officer and resisting arrest after he tried to keep agents from taking himself and Paris into custody. Abdalla and Paris both each charged with possession with intent to sell or deliver a Schedule II drug (fentanyl) and possession of a firearm during the commission of a felony. Agents found a nine millimeter pistol inside Paris’ pocketbook within reach of both Paris and Abdalla.

Abdalla reportedly has numerous previous felonies, including two counts of possession of cocaine in May 2004, criminal simulation in September 2008, and possession of a firearm during the commission of a felony in May 2012.

Among Paris’ felonies is a conviction for possession of a Schedule II drug in November 2011.

Tanner was charged with unlawful possession of a weapon after he was reportedly found in a bedroom with a Ruger mini-14 rifle, a DPMS-AR 15 rifle, a Springfield Armory .45 caliber 1911 semi-automatic pistol, and approximately 150 plus rounds of ammunition of various calibers. Tanner was convicted by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms (ATF) for possession of a firearm by a person convicted of a misdemeanor domestic assault in October 2005. He was sentenced to 10 months in the U.S. penitentiary in McCreary, Kentucky.

Ford and Goff were allegedly found in another bedroom where a Revelation .22 caliber rifle with a bullet in the magazine but not chambered was located. Narcotics were discovered in a duffle bag that also contained Goff’s driver license.

Ford and Goff were charged with unlawful possession of a weapon, and Goff was charged with possession of a Schedule II drug with intent to sell or deliver as well.

Ford was charged with bringing contraband into a penal institution the next day when drugs were allegedly found on her during a strip search.

“Ford was being dressed out for housing at the jail and during a strip search by a female correctional officer, a small cellophane baggie with a clear crystal substance was found in her body cavity,” said the sheriff. “It field tested positive for meth.” Ray said Ford is a convicted felon as well, having been sentenced to eight years in the Tennessee Department of Corrections for initiation of methamphetamine in 2012. Goff pled guilty to manufacturing meth in 2012 as well.

Bond for Abdalla is $500,000, Paris’ bond is $150,000, Bond for Ford totals $55,000, Goff’s bond is $100,000, and Tanner’s bond is $75,000.

All five defendants will appear in court on June 29.