Around 1 p.m., agents seized 19 bindles of heroin from Michael Lawrence Fahey, 25, and charged him with possession with intent to manufacture, sell and deliver heroin, maintaining a dwelling to keep a controlled substance, possession of less than a half ounce of marijuana and possession of drug paraphernalia.
Fahey was jailed on $200,000 secured bond and has a January 28 court date.
The arrest was consummated after narcotics agents and Corporal B.C. Griffin received a complaint of drug activity on Melody Lane in Roanoke Rapids, Lieutenant Harold Phillips said.
The front door to the residence was open and a bag of marijuana and grinder was reportedly in plain view on an entertainment center.
Fahey allegedly tried to conceal the heroin by scooping it off the entertainment center, Phillips said this evening.
