Today at approximately 9:00 A.M., members of the First District's Focus Mission team made the first quantity-based felony arrests for Possession with the Intent to Distribute Marijuana in the District of Columbia.

The arrests came as the result of a covert operation, which also resulted in the seizure of twelve pounds of marijuana with an estimated street value of $68,000. The suspects, identified as 37-year-old Jason Johnson, of the 1300 block of First Street, SW, and 39-year-old Dana Roach, of no fixed address, were arrested in the James Creek Housing Community, inside of a residence located in the 1500 block of First Street, SW.

Mr. Johnson and Mr. Roach are scheduled to be arraigned in DC Superior Court .