Long-term narcotics investigation ends Friday after arrest

Tiffany Rigby,

ORANGEBURG COUNTY, S.C. (WOLO)– Orangeburg County Sheriff Leroy Ravenell says that a long-term narcotics investigation ended on Friday.

Kenneth Clark, 37, was taken into custody early Friday, August 21, after investigators executed a search warrant at a home.

Investigators recovered five pounds of marijuana, 65 ecstasy pills, more than $5,500 in cash, an AK-platform rifle, two shotguns, a Glock pistol and ammunition for each weapon, according to the sheriff’s office.

“We are talking about a drug operation running in the heart of a neighborhood, in plain view of this agency, with families living on every side of it,” Ravenell said. “Children were sleeping a few feet from a stockpile of narcotics and high-powered weapons. That is what makes this one different, and that is why we would not let it go.”

Also, a Chevrolet Silverado was towed from the property.

Clark is charged with possession with intent to distribute marijuana and possession with intent to distribute ecstasy.
And he was released on a $20,000 cash or surety bond.
A woman at the home was charged with simple possession of marijuana.
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