THOMASVILLE — A man on probation for burglary and with no headlight on his bicycle went to jail in a cocaine bust.

Thomasville police were patrolling in the Lester/Fern Street area when they saw 51-year-old Freddie Lee Howard riding a bicycle with no headlight.

Howard told police he was on probation for a burglary conviction.

“He said he was on drugs then,” said Kevin Lee, Thomasville/Thomas County Narcotics/Vice Division.

Officers found crack cocaine in a pocket of the probationer’s clothing.

Howard, a Thomasville resident, is charged with cocaine possession with intent to distribute, cocaine possession within 1,000 feet of a housing authority and no bicycle headlight.

Acting on complaints from neighbors and tips from informants, narcotics agents executed a search warrant at the 557 Foxcroft Drive home of Randall Newsome, 43.

Newsome and Roy Hester, 53, 5291 Hall Road, were standing by a water heater in a hall.

“It appeared they were hiding something,” Lee explained.

Agents, who saw a hole in a ceiling tile above the water heater, found 30.4 grams of marijuana in the ceiling. A search of Hester produced eight grams of weed.

Newsome was charged with marijuana possession with intent to distribute and sale of marijuana. Hester was charged with misdemeanor marijuana possession.

In other activity, a Quitman teen was found where a tipster said he would be. Agents were told Levi Rashad Knight was selling drugs from his small red car on Railroad Circle in Boston.

“We found the car on Railroad Circle,” Lee said.

Several pieces of crack cocaine were found under the car’s seat.

Knight, 19, 756 Spencer Road, Quitman, is charged with cocaine possession with intent to distribute.