Crime

Couple running “one-stop shop” for drugs in Conway area arrested, Horry cops say

Horry County Police arrested two Conway residents who were reportedly running a “one-stop shop” for drugs.

Police arrested Tiraek Nesmith, 32, for drug trafficking and possession charges, as well manufacturing of meth. His wife, Lynn Waterman, 33, was also arrested on possession with intent to distribute crack charges.

Officials watched Newsmith’s home for a week and saw several drug deals.

Police used drug detection dogs to search the couple’s car and found two bundles of heroin, 9.3 grams of crack cocaine and pills of oxycodone and suboxone. Some of the drugs were hidden in a false-bottom chewing gum canister.

Both were arrested in late November and have since bonded out of J. Reuben Long Detention Center.

This story was originally published December 4, 2019 at 4:26 PM.

Tyler Fleming
The Sun News
Development and Horry County reporter Tyler Fleming joined The Sun News in May of 2018. He covers other stuff too, like reporting on beer, bears, breaking news and Coastal Carolina University. He graduated from The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 2018 and was the 2017-18 editor-in-chief of The Daily Tar Heel. He has won (and lost) several college journalism awards.
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