LUMBERTON AREA (WBTW) – One person has been charged and another is wanted after Robeson County deputies seized guns and drugs following a traffic stop.

Around 12:23 p.m. Saturday, the Robeson County Sheriff’s Office Community Impact Team conducted a traffic stop on Highway 301 North after the vehicle failed to stop at an intersection, according to the RCSO. The driver then allegedly fled from the traffic stop.

During the pursuit, firearms, heroin and cocaine were thrown from the vehicle, the sheriff’s office said. Deputies stopped the vehicle at the intersection of W. Powersville Road and Barker Ten Mile Road.

  • Antreal Henderson
  • Corionta Cooper

Antreal M. Henderson, 24, of Lumberton, was taken into custody by deputies, according to the sheriff’s office. Corionta Cooper, 24, of Red Springs, was identified as the passenger in the vehicle and is wanted by the RCSO.

The RCSO says information from the pursuit led to a search warrant being executed at a home on Vonn Drive in the Saddletree Community of Lumberton. Additional heroin, cocaine, marijuana and guns were reportedly found and seized during the search.

Henderson’s charges include:

  • two counts of trafficking heroin
  • possession with intent to sell and deliver cocaine
  • conspiracy to sell and deliver cocaine
  • conspiracy to traffic heroin
  • possession of a stolen firearm
  • possession of firearm by convicted felon
  • fleeing to elude arrest
  • trafficking cocaine
  • two counts of maintaining a drug vehicle
  • misdemeanor possession of marijuana.

Henderson is being held in the Robeson County Detention Center on a $2.5 million secured bond.

Deputies said Cooper will be charged with two counts of trafficking heroin, possession with intent to sell and deliver cocaine, possession of a stolen firearm, conspiracy to sell and deliver cocaine and conspiracy to traffic heroin.

Sheriff Burnis Wilkins said “we are aggressively seeking out heroin dealers in our county as we have recently experienced a high number of overdose deaths. Anyone selling poison such as this and killing our citizens will be held accountable.”

Anyone with information about Cooper’s location is asked to contact the RCSO at 910-671-3170 or 910-671-3100. Anyone with information about weapon violations and drug activity in Robeson County is asked to call the RCSO Drug Enforcement Division at (910) 671-3191.

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