Captain charges Old Fort man with trafficking drugs; offenses allegedly occurred during 2013 undercover operation
Capt. Shanon Smith of the McDowell County Sheriff’s Office charged Michael Paul Owens, 36, of Boxwood Drive in Old Fort, with two felony counts of trafficking in opium or heroin.
A Crimestoppers tip led officers to Owens, who was wanted in connection with a 2013 undercover drug operation but had managed to elude authorities for more than a year.
Smith said, on June 10, 2013, Owens and a second suspect, 50-year-old Cynthia Souther Greene, of Ebenezer Church Road in Old Fort, showed up at a local convenience store, agreed to sell pills to undercover officers and had a substantial amount of opioid painkillers in their possession.
Greene was charged soon after the offenses allegedly occurred.
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McDowell County Sheriff's Office
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Marion, NC 28752
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Richelle Bailey
McDowell County Sheriff's Office
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