Town of Warsaw Police Department issued the following announcement on Dec. 2.
Last night proved to be productive for your Warsaw officers. Two separate traffic stops resulted in a total of 5 felony arrests within hours of each other.
While conducting speed enforcement on W College St., officers with the Patrol Division and our Drug and Gang Unit stopped a vehicle for speeding in a posted 35MPH residential zone.
During the course of the stop, probable cause was established to search the vehicle and all 3 occupants. The search yielded a felony amount of marijuana, a Schedule VI controlled substance, as well as various paraphernalia consistent with the sale and delivery of marijuana. Officers also located pills, later identified as Oxycodone, a Schedule II controlled substance, a scale, a firearm, and a substantial amount of US currency. All occupants were arrested and charged with various felony drug charges.
Shortly thereafter, officers working the night patrol observed a vehicle fail to stop for a stop sign and initiated a traffic stop. The vehicle was slow to stop, and officers observed a passenger throw something out of the window as the vehicle was coming to a stop. All occupants were detained and officers located the item that was thrown from the vehicle, a small metal container holding a white powdery substance. The substance was field tested and was presumptive positive for cocaine, a Schedule II controlled substance.
During the course of the stop, it was also found that the vehicle was reported stolen out of Goldsboro. A subsequent search of the vehicle was completed and drug paraphernalia was located. The driver was arrested on charges of possession of a stolen vehicle, possession of methamphetamine, and possession of drug paraphernalia.
The passenger was arrested for possession of cocaine. Both were transported to Duplin County Jail with assistance from the Duplin County Sheriff’s Office.
As always, all suspects are innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.
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