The pepper was found this morning at the front, side and rear entrances of the building on Roanoke Avenue, in which the police station is located, Captain Andy Jackson said.

Jackson said Narcotics Agent Jamie Hardy confirmed that Thomason Jeffrey Butts, 31, put the pepper around the building to keep officers from arresting him again.

“Agent Hardy told him the only way to keep us away was to act right and not sell drugs,” Jackson said.

Thomason, left, and Floyd Butts.

Butts, of 214 Jackson Street, and his brother, Floyd Junior Butts Jr., 35, of Seaboard, were both charged following the execution of a search warrant Wednesday afternoon.

Thomason Butts faces charges of simple possession of marijuana, possession of drug paraphernalia, maintaining a dwelling to keep a controlled substance and contributing to the delinquency of a minor.

That charge stems from a 14-year-old being in the room where drugs were allegedly being stored, Jackson said.

Floyd Butts faces all but the contributing to the delinquency of a minor charge. They were both released on $1,000 bonds and have July 20 court dates.

The search warrant was based on officer intelligence and when narcotics, detectives and uniformed officers arrived and entered the house it appeared no one was there.

Officers discovered, however, Thomason Butts was in a bedroom and when he saw the officers he allgedly put a plastic bag in his mouth, which Officer Mike Moseley observed him swallow, according to Jackson.

Three other people were located in the house but were not arrested after the drugs were claimed by the Butts brothers.

Officers seized 10 grams of marijuana from the house.