Brunswick, N.C., man wanted in connection with multiple drug charges taken into police custody
Authorities have taken a Shallotte, N.C., man, wanted in connection with multiple drug charges, into custody.
Joe Junior Bell, 34, of Hale Swamp Road in Shallotte, N.C., has been charged with trafficking heroin, trafficking MDMA, possession with intent to distribute, maintaining a house used for keeping and selling heroin, and possession of drug paraphernalia, Emily Flax, spokeswoman with Brunswick County Sheriff’s Office, said.
Bell surrendered to authorities Tuesday morning and is being jailed at the Brunswick County Detention Facility on a $750,000 bond, Flax said.
Authorities said they found 161 grams of the drug MDMA and $13,000 in cash in addition to more than $1,000 bags of heroin after searching Bell’s home.
Contact ELIZABETH TOWNSEND at 626-0217 or on Twitter @TSN_etownsend.
This story was originally published May 20, 2015 at 9:21 AM with the headline "Brunswick, N.C., man wanted in connection with multiple drug charges taken into police custody."