Two Brunswick County men facing numerous drug charges

BRUNSWICK COUNTY, NC (WWAY) — A validated gang member is behind bars after he and another man were arrested on drug charges.

The Brunswick County Sheriff’s Office said Terry Ray Chaney, of Shallotte and a validated gang member, was arrested Friday night for felony possession with intent to manufacture, sell and deliver (PWIMSD) a Schedule VI controlled substance, felony possession of cocaine, and misdemeanor possession of drug paraphernalia. A search of Chaney’s car led to the seizure of approximately eight ounces of marijuana and a small amount of cocaine.

Detectives with the BCSO Investigative Unit and South End Task Force also charged Chaney with outstanding warrants of felony breaking and entering and larceny after breaking and entering stemming from an incident that occurred on Feb 18, 2014 in Ocean Isle Beach. Chaney, 25, is being held in the Brunswick County Detention Facility under a $2,020,000 bond.

That same evening, police arrested Andre Montrel Thomas after a search warrant was executed at a home in the 8000 block of Catawba Lane in Ash. Thomas, 29, was charged with felony maintaining a dwelling house, misdemeanor possession of drug paraphernalia, felony manufacturing marijuana, and felony PWIMSD marijuana. Over a pound of marijuana was seized from the residence as a result of the search. Thomas was processed then later released under a $30,000 bond.