Deputies seize 4.6 kg of marijuana in Loris raid; one man held on 10 charges
Horry County police and SWAT searched a home on Spring Street in the Loris area at dawn on 30 June 2025 and arrested a 48-year-old man who faces at least 10 drug and weapons charges. Among the items seized were about 4.6 kilograms of marijuana products and flower, along with cocaine, fentanyl, a pistol and roughly $21,599 in cash.
🇺🇸 Spring Street, Loris area, unincorporated Horry County, South Carolina · South Carolina, United States
Horry County police officers from the Narcotics and Vice unit, with the SWAT
team, searched a home on Spring Street in the Loris area of unincorporated Horry
County shortly after 5 a.m. on 30 June 2025.[1]The search led to the arrest
of a 48-year-old man, who faces at least 10 drug and weapons charges.[1]
WPDE ABC15 reported that the charges included trafficking400 grams or more of
cocaine, three counts of trafficking crack cocaine, trafficking fentanyl,
trafficking 10 pounds or more of marijuana, manufacturing and distributing crack
cocaine, and weapon offences.[2]Officers seized about 4,663 grams, or 10
pounds, of marijuana products and flower, which the department listed alongside
large amounts of cocaine, fentanyl, heroin, methamphetamine and pills.[1]The
same search produced 2 cell phones, a Glock 17 9mm pistol, about $21,599 in cash
and a 2018 Range Rover, which police also recorded as seized.[1]
The department said the man remained in custody at the J. Reuben Long Detention
Center when it published the statement.[1]WMBF News reported that he remained
in custody at the detention centre and that the investigation had led to his
arrest.[3]
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Every number and detail the sources state, with the sources that state it.
WPDE ABC15wpde.com600 grams of cocaine found in Loris drug bust; man faces at least 10 charges
WMBF Newswmbfnews.comHorry County police seize 600 grams of cocaine, other drugs from Loris area home
Open questions the AI reported
Only the publication time of the department's Facebook statement is given; the search itself took place at about 5 a.m. on the same day, so the incident date is exact to the day.
The department did not publish the charges in its statement; the list of charges comes from WPDE's account, and no court date or outcome is reported.
The marijuana quantity is stated as approximately 4,663.3 grams, or 10 pounds, of 'marijuana products and flower'; the split between flower and other products is not given.
No value estimate for the marijuana alone was published; the $21,599 is cash found and seized, counted as cash, not as a drug valuation.
WBTW's account of the same raid could not be opened and is not cited.
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