PONCHATOULA — Detectives seized more than 450 pounds of packaged marijuana from a home on South Second Street, in what the Ponchatoula Police Department called one of its largest drug seizures ever.

Police confiscated the weed on July 20, with help from Kenner Police, Homeland Security Investigations and the Tangipahoa Parish Sheriff's Office. 

Ponchatoula Police arrested Calvin Batiste Jr., 44, who has two prior federal drug convictions, and Terry Batiste, 26 as a result of the operation. 

The investigation remains ongoing. Anyone with more information is asked to contact Detective Collin Lee or Detective Jimmy McGovern at 985-386-6548.