Elderly woman involved in Southport drug bust

A drug investigation in Southport has left an elderly woman and 12 others facing charges.

Seventy-two-year-old Martha Lee is charged with possession of drug paraphernalia. Investigators said more charges will follow.

It was inside her home on Ninth Street where Brunswick County sheriff’s deputies say Lee’s son, and others sold drugs.

Monday, investigators seized marijuana, cocaine, crack, prescription pills and ecstasy from the house.

In total, 13 people were arrested during the four day long investigation.