Columbia Police Arrest Two Men on Drug Crimes After Finding Pot, Cash, Guns in Car
Columbia police say that, after a routine traffic stop, they found nearly 25 pounds of marijuana, as well as two pistols and about $1,000 in cash. The two men in the vehicle have been arrested for drug crimes.
Officers estimate that the large amount of marijuana is worth about $40,000.
Antonie Terrell Parker and Roger Rivers were arrested for drug crimes, including trafficking marijuana, transporting narcotics in a motor vehicle, and possession of a pistol during commission of a violent crime.
The Columbia Police Department made the drug crimes arrests based on a tip they received that drugs were being transported on a commercial Greyhound bus between Atlanta, GA and Columbia, SC.
Allegedly, Parker picked Rivers up at the bus station on Gervais Street. They were about a mile away when Columbia police pulled them over. A K9 unit found the drugs wrapped in several layers of plastic wrap.
The two are currently being held at the Alvin S. Glenn Detention Center.
Defending Drug Crimes And Charges In South Carolina
A drug crime like trafficking can be charged to any person who knowingly sells, manufactures, cultivates, delivers, purchases, or brings drugs into the state of South Carolina, or who provides financial assistance or otherwise aids, abets, attempts, or conspires to sell, manufacture, cultivate, deliver, purchase, or bring drugs into this State, or who is knowingly in actual or constructive possession of drugs or who knowingly attempts to become in actual or constructive possession of a specific amount of illegal drugs
The drug crimes charge is based upon the quantity of illegal drugs that you actually possess or were attempting to buy, or even if you intended to use the drugs for personal use.
Navigating drug crimes like trafficking charges can require an attorney who is experienced in handling both state and federal charges, as well as misdemeanor and felony convictions.
Under South Carolina law, the following amounts are considered drug trafficking:
- Cocaine/Crack 10 grams
- Heroin 4 grams
- Marijuana 10 pounds
- Ecstasy 100 pills
If You Face Serious Criminal Charges Because of Drug Crimes, the Strom Law Firm Can Help
The Strom Law Firm, LLC handles a wide array of narcotics trafficking charges:
- Heroin
- Cocaine/crack cocaine
- Marijuana
- Methamphetamines
- Prescription drugs, including prescription pain killers such as Oxycotin or Xanax
- Ecstasy (MDMA) or other club drugs
The penalties for drug trafficking are severe, including mandatory minimum sentences of 25 years for certain trafficking charges. South Carolina has some of the stiffest penalties in the nation for drug crimes.
The criminal defense attorneys of the Strom Law Firm, LLC in Columbia, South Carolina, know the laws, court procedures and strategies used by government prosecutors to secure drug crimes convictions, and can use that knowledge to defend your case and to help you avoid lengthy mandatory minimum sentences. We offer free, confidential consultations, so you can discuss the facts of your case with impunity. Contact us today. 803.252.4800.
