ROCKY MOUNT, N.C. (WTVD) -- Edgecombe County deputies discovered $7,200 worth of stolen name-brand handbags from Nordstrom during a license checkpoint on NC Highway 43 outside of Rocky Mount.
Deputies searched a 2015 Nissan Altima driven by 43-year-old Meico Bynum, of Raleigh, after smelling marijuana. After Bynum handed over one gram of marijuana, deputies discovered 11 grams of crack cocaine in a money bag between the console and seat along with the 18 handbags with price and store tags still attached.
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Bynum was charged with possession of crack cocaine, possession with intent to sell and deliver cocaine, maintaining a vehicle for storage of controlled substance and possession of stolen property.
The investigation into the stolen goods is ongoing, deputies say.
Meico Bynum