Drug Investigation Leads to 2 Arrests

A press release states that about 4 p.m. Friday, Carrboro police executed a search warrant at N-3, The Village Apartments at 1000 Smith Level Road and arrested two people.

Lt. Jim Phillips said that the police department's entry into the home was planned and that the subjects did not resist arrest.

"It was a tactical entry," Phillips said. "And there was no resistance from the people inside."

Reports state that the resident, Isaac Gerrod Bennett, 28, was arrested and charged with one felony count of possession of controlled substance with intent to manufacture, sell and deliver and one felony count of possession of stolen property.

He had 707 grams of marijuana in his residence, reports state. The stolen property was a 9 mm pistol, reports state.

Bennett also was charged with one misdemeanor count each of maintaining a dwelling for the sale of a controlled substance and possession of drug paraphernalia.

Bennett was released under a written promise to appear for first appearance Monday in the Orange County District Court in Hillsborough.

Reports state that when police served the warrant, there were six non-residents in the apartment.

Phillips said the officers involved did not witness a drug transaction at the time of the arrest.

"The other people in the house were just visiting," Phillips said.

One of the six visitors was Delisha Joshan Dixon, 19, of 335 Carmichael Residence Hall.

Dixon told police that she was a student at UNC.

The press release states that upon a pat down of Dixon, officers found 12 grams of marijuana in her left pant pocket.

Dixon was arrested and charged with one misdemeanor count of possession of marijuana.

She was released on a written promise to appear May 13 in the Orange County District Court in Hillsborough, reports state.

Phillips said the other five visitors at the residence were checked but released.

Reports state that officers seized more than 700 grams of marijuana, which is about 1 1/2 pounds.

Officers also seized a stolen handgun, various drug paraphernalia and more than $600 in cash from the residence, the press release states.

Phillips said the three-month investigation was conducted primarily by surveillance.

"We got complaints about the area and then just started surveillance," Phillips said.

Carrboro police expect to seek additional charges in the case, but Phillips would not comment on the status of these charges.

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