Search Warrant Executed On Saunders Rd; One Arrested, Drugs & Firearms Seized

On Thursday January 21, 2021, at 10:11 pm, Lee County Sheriff’s Office Narcotics agents executed a search warrant on the residence located at 1874 Saunders Road, Sanford, NC. During the course of the search agents located 965 grams of marijuana, 54 dosage units of Suboxone, 488 dosage units of Xanax, two assault rifles, one shotgun, and four pistols. One of the pistols was entered as a stolen firearm.  Agents also seized $6440.00 in currency. 

Shane Carter Taylor, age 28, was taken into custody and charged with one count of possession of a firearm by a convicted felon, one count of possession of a stolen firearm, one count of felony possession with the intent to sell and deliver marijuana, one count of possession with the intent to sell and deliver a schedule III controlled substance, one count of possession with the intent to sell and deliver a schedule IV controlled substance, one count of felony maintaining a dwelling place for the storage and sales of an illegal controlled substance, and one count of misdemeanor possession of drug paraphernalia. Taylor was jailed with no bond.