North Charleston man held after foot chase; 8 g of marijuana found in gas cap
Charleston police arrested a North Charleston man, 27, after a foot chase from the Clarion Hotel parking lot in the early hours of 7 August 2026. He was charged with trafficking cocaine and crack cocaine and with possessing eight grams of marijuana found in the vehicle's gas cap, and held on a $50,000 bond.
🇺🇸 Clarion Hotel parking lot, Savannah Highway, Charleston, South Carolina · South Carolina, United States
Charleston police arrested a North Charleston man on drug charges after a foot
chase in the early morning of 7 August 2026.[1]When the man came back to the
vehicle they tried to speak with him, but he ran toward Savannah Highway; they
caught him on foot a short distance away.[2]The arrested man was 27 years old
and from North Charleston.[1]
He was charged withtrafficking cocaine, trafficking cocaine base, possessing
marijuana and resisting arrest.[2]After the arrest, officers recovered more
than 10 grams of cocaine, more than 15 grams of crack cocaine, eight grams of
marijuana hidden in the gas cap, over $1,000 in cash and a digital scale.[2]The marijuana was the only cannabis found, eight grams hidden in the vehicle’s
gas cap, while the bulk of the seizure was cocaine and crack cocaine.[1]
He was booked into the Al Cannon Detention Center on a $50,000 bond.[2]
Case data
Every number and detail the sources state, with the sources that state it.
Arrested
1
Charged
1
Cannabis
8 g
Cash confiscated
USD 1,000
Agency
Charleston Police Department
Agency type
Police
Cannabis
Herbal cannabis (8 g)
Activity
Possession
Setting
Vehicle
Charges
trafficking cocaine; trafficking cocaine base; possession of marijuana; resisting arrest
The Live 5 account says the chase happened early Friday morning; the police release dates it to the early morning of 7 August 2026, a Friday.
The eight grams of marijuana is the only cannabis figure given; no test result or quantity underlying the possession charge was reported.
No court date, indictment or prosecutor was reported, and the charges are accusations only.
The $50,000 bond and detention are as stated on 10 August 2026; no later custody status was found.
Only the Charleston Police Department release and two outlets carrying it were found; the WCBD original page could not be opened, so its copy on Yahoo News was used.
Left out, as its quotation was not found in Charleston Police Department (CPD Newsroom, posted on charleston-sc.gov): The agency's own release gives the date: during the early morning hours of 7 August 2026, officers were investigating a running, unoccupied vehicle in the Clarion Hotel parking lot.
Left out, as its quotation was not found in Charleston Police Department (CPD Newsroom, posted on charleston-sc.gov): He remained held at the detention center when the police statement and the news accounts were published on 10 August 2026.
Left out, as its quotation was not found in Charleston Police Department (CPD Newsroom, posted on charleston-sc.gov): The account came from a Charleston Police Department media release that local outlets published the same day.
Left out case stage, as its quotation was not found in Charleston Police Department (CPD Newsroom, posted on charleston-sc.gov).
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