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Rowland man faces drug charges

LUMBERTON — A Rowland man has been arrested and charged with multiple drug crimes.

Charles Drake Locklear, 28, of 178 Tom M Road, was charged and arrested on Friday with felony possession with the intent to sell and distribute cocaine, felony possession of methamphetamine and misdemeanor possession of drug paraphernalia, court documents show. Locklear was jailed under a $10,000 bond and was still in jail on Tuesday.

Warrants show that Locklear had in his possession 8 grams of cocaine, methamphetamine, clear plastic bags used to package controlled substances, and a straw used to snort controlled substances.

He made his first appearance Monday at the Robeson County courthouse and is due back in court on July 16.

Staff report