LCSD: Chapin man arrested after large amount of drugs found inside home

Tiffany Rigby,
Shiggs Tarik

Shiggs Tarik was arrested after deputies say they found a large amount of several drugs and guns inside an Eagle Pointe Drive home, said Lexington County deputies.

Photo: Lexington County Sheriff's Department

LEXINGTON COUNTY, S.C. (WOLO)– A Chapin man was arrested after deputies say they found a large amount of several drugs and guns inside an Eagle Pointe Drive home.

According to Lexington County deputies, narcotics agents went to a home in the 200 block of Eagle Pointe Drive in Chapin after receiving a tip about drugs being in the home.

Around 8 pounds if meth, 15.5 pounds of pills that test as meth, more than an ounce of fentanyl, marijuana, crack, crack manufacturing equipment, three guns and two drones were found inside the home, say detectives.

Sheriff Jay Koon says, ” As agents were approaching the home, Shiggs ran out the back door and threw a backpack over the fence that contained two pistols and a large amount of drugs.”

Tarik Shiggs, 41, is charged with trafficking methamphetamine, trafficking fentanyl, possession with intent to distribute marijuana, manufacturing crack, possession of a weapon during a violent crime and possession of a weapon by a person convicted of trafficking a controlled substance.

He was arrested on Dec. 20, 2023 and taken to the Lexington County Detention Center.

 

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