A pair of Tulane frat house antics were deemed unpledgeworthy by the frat's big brothers. First, a Feb. 21 federal drug bust at the Kappa Sigma house put $10,000 worth of drugs on ice. Then, two of the brotherhood's pledges confessed to stealing more than 2,000 copies of the university’s student newspaper splashed with the headline hours after its Thursday afternoon publication, according to the Tulane Hullabaloo. As a result of the incidents, the frat is under investigation, according to Kappa Sigma national overseers.

A NOPD sting broke up an apparent French Quarter drug operation this week after what  was described as hours of surveillance and investigation on an apartment. Police made controlled buys at the house, and got a warrant from a magistrate judge. At 1 p.m. Wednesday, detectives searched the apartment of Brian Madson, 26, and Kelly Wood, 25, and arrested the pair on a bevy of drug distribution and possession charges, as well as gun charges.

Yesterday afternoon, NOPD pursued a minor altercation and stumbled into a major drug bust. Second District Police responded to two women fighting in the 2500-block of Milan Street, only to find a number of illegal firearms, as well as large quantities of crack cocaine and marijuana in the residence.

by Shay Sokol

Narc agents busted a Michoud man yesterday for running a high-tech marijuana-growing business. 26-year-old Bill Vo was in possession of $175,000 worth of weed. His residence in the 1300 block of Dwyer Road in New Orleans East had been entirely converted for growing marijuana, an NOPD press release states. Agents seized more than 100 plants, 50 of which were full-grown and ready for a second harvest. 14 high-output lights kept the growing to 24 hours a day.

Last call came early at a Hollygrove bar last night. Authorities stopped the drinks from flowing after a raid at Big Time Tips Bar that yielded 15 arrests. State agents and cops from five agencies entered the bar late last night and arrested one man with crack, marijuana and other paraphernalia, and found "numerous bags of marijuana throughout the bar," according to New Orleans police. The bar, located at 8801 Edinburgh St., was a known drug dealing spot, and there was a murder inside the bar in December.

A 7th Ward man blew the cover on his grow room after he burned one for himself. The NOPD pinched Troy Ray's suspected mairjuana growing operation in the 1700 block of Lapeyrouse this weekend after a neighbor reported the scent of burning weed on the block. The 45-year-old was busted around 10:45 p.m. Saturday night after acting suspicious when police showed up at his house. Authorities seized 165 plants from a bedroom in the house. All told, the 45 pounds drugs in the house are worth about $50,000 on the street, according to NOPD spokeswoman Remi Braden.

Usually, Friday afternoon news dumps are for those little bits of news that the powers-that-be- just want to go away. But, yesterday, the NOPD managed to reverse the spin of the vortex, and take ownership of the news cycle. The cops reported a bevy of arrests for murder, selling drugs rape and kidnapping. Get the lowdown on all the busts after the jump.

Uptown boutique Jean Therapy looks to provide a retail remedy through its countless brands of designer denim. But one employee looks to have started in on a healing regimen that she just couldn't stop. Detectives discovered hundreds of pairs designer jeans that were missing from the Magazine St. shop during a drug raid on the house of Untrell Nichols' house this weekend.

Some New Orleans residents might be cancelling plans for weekend trips after an Uptown drug bust netted a fairly large supply of ‘shrooms.Police found a number of marijuana plants and a stash of other drugs inside a residence at 2900 St. Charles Ave. Their investigation revealed that a second house, near the corner of Soniat and Claiborne, was also being used to stash drugs.

New Orleans police uprooted yet another local entrepreneur just tryin' to get by yesterday. The business in question appeared well-equipped. Among items seized from the home headquarters at 5402 Charms Ct. in New Orleans East were 26 pounds of raw marijuana, 150 marijuana plants, a large climate control air conditioner, an air purifier, fertilizer, grow pucks and a PH Balance Treatment Kit. Police were alerted to the operation after a caretaker sent to check on the condition of the property noticed the newly cultivated use of the home, a release states.