ROBESON COUNTY, N.C. (WBTW) -- Two Robeson County men were booked on major drug charges this week following a traffic stop and search warrant execution, Sheriff Burnis Wilkins said.

On Thursday, deputies conducted a traffic stop near 4th Ave. and Old Lowery Road in Red Springs after a witness reported a possible narcotics transaction in the parking lot of a grocery story.

Jason A. Rutherford, 37, of Red Springs, was arrested and charged with two counts of weapons of mass destruction, possession of a stolen firearm, possession of cocaine, possession of a Schedule II controlled substance, maintaining a vehicle for a controlled substance, simple possession of a Schedule IV controlled substance, possession of drug paraphernalia and possession of marijauana paraphernalia.

He's being held at

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