Drugs, handgun found during Brunswick County traffic stop

WILMINGTON, N.C. (WECT) - The Select Enforcement Unit of the Brunswick County Sheriff’s Office arrested Christopher John Clarida after an October 29th traffic stop. Clarida is facing 16 charges including trafficking heroin and meth after drugs and a handgun were found in his car.

Christopher John Clarida is being held on a $2m bond after he was found with drugs and a... — Christopher John Clarida is being held on a $2m bond after he was found with drugs and a handgun during a traffic stop.(BCSO)

The Sheriff’s Department recovered 94 grams of methamphetamine, 151 MDMA pills, 21 grams of cocaine and fentanyl, 56 grams of marijuana and a .38-caliber gun.

Clarida was charged with the following:

TRAFFICKING IN MDMA X 2
PWIMSD MDMA
TRAFFICKING OPIUM OR HEROIN X 2
PWIMSD SCH I CS
PWIMSD COCAINE
MAINTAIN VEHICLE
POSSESS DRUG PARAPHERNALIA
TRAFFIC IN METHAMPHETAMINE X 2
PWIMSD METHAMPHETAMINE
POSSESSION OF FIREARM BY FELON
FLEE/ELUDE ARREST W/ MOTOR VEHICLE
PWISD MARIJUANA
MANUFACTURE MARIJUANA

Clarida is now being held on a 2-million dollar bond and is being held in the Brunswick County Detention Center.

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