A suspicious activity report at Mallard Creek Apartments on Simonton Road on May 21 led to the arrest of a Statesville man on drug charges.

The Statesville Police Department’s Crime Reduction Team (CRT) investigated the complaint and identified 20-year-old Justin Smith Davidson as the occupant.

Officers obtained a search warrant and, as a result, CRT members seized 181 grams of marijuana, a 9mm handgun equipped with an aftermarket switch making it fully automatic, digital scales, ammunition, U.S. currency, and other drug-related paraphernalia.

Davidson was arrested and charged with possession of a weapon of mass destruction, possession with intent to sell and deliver marijuana, felony possession of marijuana, carrying a concealed weapon, and possession of drug paraphernalia. He was tran

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