A gun was seized from a prepaid cellular phone business today following a search warrant execution on Hinson Street.
The search warrant was based on complaints of illegal drug activity at the business, the former Bray Supply, said Lieutenant Harold Phillips of the City County Drug Task Force.
Phillips said the investigation was conducted for about a month.
Although no narcotics were found, James Lashawn Jones, 32, was arrested and charged with possession of a firearm by a felon.
That no drugs were found did not make the outing futile, Phillips said. “No, because we got a weapon off the street within arm's reach of a convicted felon.”
Jones was out on bond awaiting August court dates in both district and superior after being charged last year in the Operation Southern Summer drug campaign.
Phillips said investigation will continue on all drug activity in the area.
Jones was jailed on $20,000 secured bond and awaits an August 26 court date.