EDGECOMBE COUNTY, NC (WTVD) -- A man is behind bars after law officers found 850 bags of heroin during a traffic stop.
Edgecombe County Sheriff Clee Atkinson said Marqavius Lucas was charged with two counts of trafficking heroin, maintaining a vehicle for selling heroin, and resisting a public officer.
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The stop was initiated May 14 by the Tar River Regional Drug Task Force, which has been investigating drug trafficking in Edgecombe and Nash counties.
Atkinson said the heroin had a street value of $6,000. So far, more than 2,500 bags of heroin have been seized by the task force.
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Lucas is being held on a $500,000 secured bond.
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Marqavius Lucas (Edgecombe County Sheriff's Office)