PEMBROKE — A Pembroke man faces numerous drug charges after a vehicle pursuit and his arrest, which was prompted when he was seen making a drug deal in the parking lot of a local restaurant, according to the Robeson County Sheriff’s Office.
Jeffery Randall Brooks Jr., 39, was charged Thursday with trafficking opium or heroin; possession with intent to manufacture, sell or deliver a Schedule II-controlled substance; possession with intent to manufacture, sell or deliver a Schedule III-controlled substance; possession with intent to manufacture, sell or deliver a Schedule IV-controlled substance; misdemeanor possession of marijuana; and possession of drug paraphernalia.
He also is charged with driving without a license, careless and reckless driving, failure to stop at a stoplight, and displaying fictitious license plates.
He was jailed under a $750,000 secured bond.
According to the Sheriff’s Office, at about noon on Thursday Drug Enforcement Division investigators saw a hand-to-hand drug transaction in the Fuller’s BBQ parking lot in Pembroke. Investigators tried to stop a 2013 Hyundai. After a pursuit, the vehicle pulled into the parking lot on Third Street and stopped.
During a search, marijuana, Suboxone strips and fentanyl patches were seized. As part of the investigation, a search was conducted at a home on Cypress Lane in Pembroke. There investigators seized 2,271 prescription pills, a mixture of oxycodone, Xanax, oxymorphone and methadone. Investigators also seized additional fentanyl patches and Suboxone strips.
Cash in the amount of $18,301 and a 2005 Maserati passenger vehicle also were taken into custody.
