UPDATE 2:30 Tuesday Salwa Amin remains an inmate in the Central Regional Jail in Sutton. Her bail is set at $200,000. The next step in the case will be a preliminary hearing in Nicholas County Magistrate Court.
PREVIOUS Salwa Amin, a cast member of the MTV show “Buckwild,” was among three people arrested Sunday by members of the Central West Virginia Drug Task Force.
Amin was arrested along with Shawn Booker, 42, of Detroit, and Jason Jones, 31, of Summersville. All three were charged with possession with intent to distribute and three counts of conspiracy.
Nicholas County Prosecutor P.K. Milam, during a Monday interview with MetroNews “Talkline,” said the task force learned from a confidential drug informant about a drug shipment arriving from Michigan on Sunday. Officers staked out a home in the county and observed the vehicle with Michigan plates arrive. Officers watched heavy foot traffic in and out of the home — which they believed to indicate drug activity — and obtained a search warrant.
“When they executed the search warrant, they found these three individuals in a shed outside the residence,” said Milam. “The search resulted in a purse belonging to Salwa and oxycodone was found in her purse. Shawn Booker was in possession of a large amount of money, and inside the shed were three packages of heroin.”
Milam said one of the three admitted there was a plan to distribute the drugs in the area.
“The Jones subject gave a statement and indicated both Amin and Booker had traveled here for the purpose of distributing those narcotics to people in the county,” Milam said.
All three individuals were arraigned before a Nicholas County Magistrate Monday morning. Bond is set for all three at $200,000 each. They are lodged in the Central Regional Jail at Flatwoods in lieu of bond. A preliminary hearing will be set for all three within 10 days.
Amin is one of the nine young people featured on the MTV series “Buckwild,” which follows their lives in and around Kanawha County and other locations in West Virginia. The arrest comes a week after MTV announced plans for a second season.