Almost 2 pounds of fentanyl seized in major drug bust at SC home

GREENVILLE COUNTY, S.C. (WSPA) — Drugs, cash and more were found during the search of a Mauldin home, leading to the arrest of five people.

According to the Greenville County Sheriff’s Office, deputies found the following in the Kenan Orchard Drive home:

• Nearly two pounds of counterfeit pressed fentanyl pills

• More than 20 grams of marijuana

• More than $8,000 in illegally possessed money

• An illegally possessed firearm

The sheriff’s office added that the search was a result of efforts to combat the presence of fentanyl in the community.

Sheriff Hobart Lewis commended the work of the Greenville County Multi-Jurisdictional Drug Enforcement Unit, and urged the community to report suspicious activity related to drug trafficking.

“We will not stop until all of these deadly substances are gone from our community,” Sheriff Lewis said.

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The following five people were arrested for various charges:

• Dominique Ikiyha Singletary, 31

  • Trafficking Fentanyl

  • Possession of a Weapon during a Violent Crime

• Rodney Lemont Carter, Jr., 38

  • Trafficking Fentanyl

  • Commission of Violent Crime while on Bond for Violent Crime

• Roderick Antonio Moss, 35

  • Trafficking Fentanyl

  • Possession of a Weapon during a Violent Crime

• Kobie Angellina-Nicole Singletary, 22

  • Trafficking Fentanyl

  • Possession of a Weapon during a Violent Crime

• Darico Pierre Sussewell, 22

  • Trafficking Fentanyl

  • Possession of a Controlled Substance

  • Commission of Violent Crime while on Bond for Violent Crime

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