Athens man held on $1.5M bond after heroin trafficking arrest in North Carolina
An Athens man facing heroin trafficking charges in North Carolina is being held on a $1.5 million bond, authorities said.
Last Wednesday, Robert Lee Jewell, 32, was arrested in Macon County, N.C., after allegedly using an Airbnb to traffic heroin, the sheriff’s office said in a Facebook post. The Airbnb was in the Franklin area.
Arrest of a Georgia man following an investigation by the Macon County Sheriff’s Narcotics Unit and the NC State Bureau...
Posted by Macon County Sheriff's Office on Thursday, August 29, 2019
Sheriff Robert Holland told the Athens Banner-Herald that Jewell was caught up in a monthslong drug investigation conducted by his office and the North Carolina State Bureau of Investigation.
There were children inside the house at the time of the arrest, so Holland told the newspaper his deputies took “extra precautions” before making entry into the residence.
Jewell faces two counts of heroin trafficking and one count of maintaining a dwelling for the distribution of a controlled substance, the sheriff’s office said.
Further arrests are expected. AJC.com has reached out to the sheriff’s office for more information about this investigation and Jewell’s custody.
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