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Posted: January 27, 2007

Drug Operation Busted at Lee County Motel

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Sanford, N.C. — Authorities busted an alleged drug-selling scheme located at a Lee County motel.

Six people were taken into custody around 9 p.m. Friday after law-enforcement officers raided the Sanford Motel on U.S. Highway 1. The motel's manager and two employees were among those detained, said Lee County Sheriff Tracy Carter.

About an hour before the raid, an undercover officer bought a small amount of crack cocaine at the motel’s office, authorities said.

Inside the motel, officers found roughly five grams of crack and various paraphernalia, including a digital scale.

RELATED TOPICS: Lee County

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dept. of alcohol,tobacco and firearms should be a store and NOT a gov't agency!!!
clackymcsplatter
January 28, 2007 6:22 p.m.
this wasn't a drug "operation"...just some addict that they busted...go after the big guys
Click to view my profile Raleigh Native
January 28, 2007 3:09 p.m.
this is a really small bust...this will do nothing to stop drugs....
Click to view my profile Raleigh Native
January 28, 2007 3:06 p.m.
drugs are bad, however, the government could do something to help inn-city and other poverty-strucken individuals. Unless you're gonna employ these people, they must provide for their families any way they can. This is survival to them.
CnB Cat
January 28, 2007 1:47 p.m.
Why not pass a law that anyone caught bringing drugs into the United States will be executed on the spot no Questions asked regaurdless of the amount then maybe we can stop some of it. " Oh wait" we can't even execute the one's on death row now so that might not work after all with these dumb ### judges we have now stopping the executions just to get their names in the news.
mchlpickle
January 28, 2007 1:31 p.m.
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