Shelby man accused of carrying $80,000 worth of cocaine: Sheriff
SHELBY, N.C. (QUEEN CITY NEWS) — A Shelby convicted felon was charged again after a traffic stop allegedly yielded $80,000 worth of drugs.
According to the Cleveland County Sheriff's Office, the stop occurred at 10 p.m. Monday, April 14, on South Morgan Street at Green Valley Drive. Deputies say a K-9 indication resulted in a search of the vehicle, which produced 1,000 grams (1 Kilo) of cocaine and a SIG Sauer P365 9mm handgun.
Lincoln County man accused of property break-ins, vehicle theft
Aaron Jamal Smith, of Shelby, was arrested and charged with:
Two counts of trafficking cocaine
Felony maintaining a dwelling or vehicle for a controlled substance
Possession of a firearm by a felon
Smith was held in the Cleveland County Detention Center under no bond. His criminal history consists of numerous drug violations, assault, discharging a firearm into an occupied dwelling, and murder.
'The arrest was a result of good proactive efforts by patrol deputies and our narcotics unit to further reduce the number of illegal narcotics being sold in and around Cleveland County,' said Sheriff Alan Norman. 'As well as taking another felon off the street with an illegal gun.'
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