The Craven County Sheriff’s Office has reported more than 60 arrests as part of a three month operation targeting illegal drugs and firearms violations.
During a press conference Monday morning, Craven County Sheriff Chip Hughes said that over the past several months, from January to March, his office has conducted enforcement operations targeting dangerous illegal drugs, possession of firearms by convicted felons and possession of stolen firearms.
Hughes said the Sheriff’s Office arrested 64 individuals and seized approximately $33,000 and five vehicles as part of the operation. A total of 14 search warrants were executed.
Hughes said the Special Investigations Bureau, Criminal Investigations Bureau, patrol, and K9 deputies worked together to identify and arrest individuals selling illegal drugs in Craven County. Hughes said his office seized a total of 1,866 grams of methamphetamine, or 3,800 dosage units, with a street value of $130,000; 626 grams of crack and cocaine, or
The body of Charles Vandiford was found around 3 p.m. Friday in the Neuse River in shallow water near Camelot Drive in James City. Craven County Sheriff Chip Hughes said there was no sign of foul play.
One shoe was found yesterday morning off BridgePoine Hotel and Marina near the Cunninghamd Drawbridge and IDed by the family.
Searchers from several first response groups had been on the water for parts of three days, while the North Carolina Highway Patrol and NC Wildlife assisted from the air. On the last day seven boats from the Sheriff s office, New Bern Fire Department, Vanceboro Rescue Squad, Tri Community, NC Wildlife and Cherry Point assisted. Sheriff Chip Hughes and Assistant Emergency Services Director Ira Whitford oversaw the operation.
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North Carolina’s highways are facing a growing problem of litter-overload with papers and packaging piling up everywhere you go. It has seemingly reached a saturation point as county and state leaders are admitting embarrassment at how visitors to the state must see us, and action is beginning to happen to fight the problem.
The littering comes from numerous sources: people simply throwing their trash out the window as they drive along is the best known – and probably the hardest to catch. You see their signature everywhere – at butt-strewn intersections where they just finished off that last cigarette; at exit ramps and the last dozen yards before bridges where passengers and drivers seem to get a sudden urge to lose that trash before going on.