Duo caught dealing drugs to hikers along Appalachian Trail in NC

Deputies say a person and a girl had been caught touring by Appalachian Path cities and promoting medicine to hikers alongside the path. The pair was caught within the Rock Hole space of Macon County in North Carolina.

On April 18, the Macon County Sheriff’s Workplace acquired a tip that the 2 suspects had been promoting narcotics to thru-hikers within the space.

Officers went to research and located the van in query. Using a Ok-9 unit, they had been capable of finding:

• 5.56 lbs of marijuana
• 8.78 oz of psilocybin (mushrooms)
• 8 dosage models of LSD
• 10 grams of THC wax resin

Bobbie Anne Drelick has been charged with:

• Possession with intent to fabricate / promote /ship marijuana
• 3 counts of Possession with intent to fabricate / promote/ ship schedule I managed substance
• Preserve Car / Dwelling Place
• Possession of Drug Paraphernalia

Ioan Edward Craia has been charged with:

• Possession with intent to fabricate / promote /ship marijuana
• 3 counts of Possession with intent to fabricate / promote/ ship schedule I managed substance
• Preserve Car / Dwelling Place
• Possession of Drug Paraphernalia

Craia was additionally needed in Virginia for the costs of Arson to a Monument, Breaking and Getting into, and Grand Larceny of a Firearm.

“Our Patrol and Investigations unit did an exquisite job performing shortly and effectively on this, and we’re extremely pleased with them!” wrote the Macon County Sheriff’s Workplace in a Fb submit, which additionally confirmed images of the arrested duo, their van and greater than dozen baggage of unlawful substances seized from their automobile.