MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Two people, who police say are siblings, were arrested and face multiple drug charges after a brief chase on Thursday evening in the Highland Heights neighborhood, according to Memphis police.

Officers were investigating a suspicious vehicle in a "high drug area" parked in the driveway of a vacant home in the 3300 block of Hardin Ave. around 6:30 p.m.

When they arrived they saw a man, identified as 33-year-old Marquis James, wearing an orange hat and blue jeans walking quickly away from a 2008 Jeep Liberty with temporary Tennessee tags. Officers gave James verbal commands to stop and he began running east on Hardin Ave. crossing National St.

Officers also saw a women, identified as 27-year-old Aylesha Franklin, walking away from the Jeep through the front yard of a neig

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