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Both raids took place in the Littleton area, one late Thursday night on Summit Road and one early this morning on East End Avenue, Halifax County Sheriff Wes Tripp said.
“These were substantial busts,” Tripp said this afternoon. “It just goes to show the continued hard work of the City County Drug Task Force.”
Hours of investigation were put in the cases before search warrants were executed at both locations, Tripp said.

Summit Road

Shortly before 11 p.m., task force agents, the Hazardous Entry and Arrest Team of the sheriff’s office and its patrol division executed a search warrant in the 1000 block of Summit Road.
The search warrant was based on investigation by Agent D.W. McKeel into several complaints of drug activity at the residence, Tripp said in a statement.
During the search agents seized approximately 96 grams of cocaine, marijuana, a shotgun, more than $85,000 in currency and several items of drug paraphernalia.
The paraphernalia included two digital scales, a razor blade and a spoon with white powder residue.
The items with the white powdery substance tested positive for the presence of cocaine.
McKeel arrested and charged Franklin Emanuel Phipps, 45, with trafficking in cocaine, possession with the intent to sell and deliver cocaine, felony possession of cocaine, maintaining a dwelling for a controlled substance, possession of drug paraphernalia, possession of marijuana up to one-half ounce and possession of a firearm by felon.
He received a $50,000 bond and March 15 court date.
Franklin Emanuel Phipps II, 22, the son of the elder Phipps, was issued a North Carolina Uniform Citation for possession of marijuana up to one-half ounce and released with a March 15 court date.
The street value of the cocaine was approximately $5,760.
This was the second search warrant execution at the residence in three months after agents conducted a raid there in October.
The task force said at the time the elder Phipps is reputed to be a large supplier of cocaine in the Littleton community.
State court records show the father and son have court dates next week on the October charges.

East End Avenue

This morning around 2, agents, HEAT, deputies and officers with the Weldon Police Department executed a search warrant in the 100 block of East End Avenue.
Agent D.R. Radford received information about drug activity at this residence from Officer Eric Johnson of the Littleton Police Department.
Radford used the information and his own investigation to apply for a search warrant.
During the search of the residence agents located approximately 36 grams of cocaine, three dosage units of Oxycodone, 11 dosage units of Vyvanse, items of drug paraphernalia, currency, and 12 guns.

Radford charged the following:

Michael Stansbury, 44, for trafficking in cocaine, felony possession of cocaine, possession with the intent to sell and deliver cocaine, maintaining a dwelling for a controlled substance, possession of drug paraphernalia, possession with the intent to sell and deliver schedule II controlled substance, simple possession of schedule II controlled substance and possession of a firearm by a felon.

Christine Gilchrist, 44, for trafficking in cocaine, felony possession of cocaine, possession with the intent to sell and deliver cocaine, maintaining a dwelling for a controlled substance, possession of drug paraphernalia, possession with the intent to sell and deliver schedule II controlled substance and simple possession of schedule II controlled substance
They received $50,000 bonds and March 15 court dates.
The relationship between Gilchrist and Stansbury was not immediately clear.

Radford also cited the following:

Robert Franklin King II, 45, of Norlina, for possession of drug paraphernalia.

Malik Omar Faulcon, 17, for possession of marijuana up to one-half ounce.

The street value of the cocaine seized is approximately $2,160.
Sheriff’s office Corporal P. Moyer and his dog, Bosco, and Weldon Police Department Sergeant T.L. Mason and his dog, Rio, assisted on the search warrants.
Agents of the task force contacted federal authorities about these two cases due to the criminal histories of the parties involved.