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Deputies with the Hoke County Sheriff’s Office Special Operations Unit and Violent Crime Task Force pulled over a blue Jeep on Davis Bridge Road on December 4 after allegedly observing multiple traffic violations, according to a statement from the department.
The vehicle’s driver, identified as Dicorion Jashaun Leach, was arrested after officers discovered a rifle in the vehicle, along with an odor of marijuana. A drug-detecting canine was dispatched and alerted, leading to the discovery of some 68 pounds of marijuana, over 120 THC vape pens, and a substantial amount of cash.
Leach faces charges of trafficking marijuana by possession and transport, possession with intent to sell/deliver marijuana, and possession of marijuana paraphernalia. He was booked into the Hoke County Detention Center with a $500,000 secured bond.