From staff reports
Beaufort County Sheriff’s Office deputies charged three men with weapons and drug charges after their arrest in Burton on Tuesday morning, April 13.
The men were identified as 23-year-old Navonta Sneed of Burton, 24-year-old Tae’vion Smalls of Beaufort and 23-year-old Nicholas Jenkins of Burton.
A press release issued by the Beaufort County Sheriff’s Office stated that deputies stopped a vehicle on Goethe Hill Road in Burton around 11 a.m. As they approached the vehicle, they reportedly detected the odor of marijuana. A subsequent search uncovered distribution weights of marijuana and crack cocaine; a trafficking weight of cocaine; three handguns and a semi-automatic rifle.
All three men were arrested and charged with trafficking cocaine, possession with intent to distribute crack cocaine; possession with intent to distribute marijuana; unlawful carrying of a handgun and possession of a weapon during the commission of a violent crime
