ONSLOW COUNTY, NC (WITN) – An east sheriff’s office says deputies have made another drug arrest in connection with a traffic stop in October.

The Onslow County Sheriff’s Office says 71-year-old David Carroll was arrested Wednesday afternoon on multiple drug-related charges.

Deputies initially pulled over Carroll and Timothy Scott in a car for a traffic stop near the intersection of Piney Green Road and Rocky Run Road on Oct. 30.

Deputies say Scott, the passenger in the car was arrested on drug trafficking charges after quantities of fentanyl were found to be trafficked that day.

Carroll, of Jacksonville, faces the following charges:

• Three counts of trafficking in opium or heroin
• Felony maintenance of a dwelling/vehicle for controlled substances
• The manufacture of the offense of a controlled substance in list II
• Criminal possession with intent to manufacture, sell, distribute controlled substances, schedule II
• Possession of drug paraphernalia

He is in the Onslow County Jail on $85,000 bond. The sheriff’s office says his first court appearance was yesterday and his next court appearance is scheduled for Dec. 5.

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