Troutman teen tossed backpack, facing drug charges after weekend traffic stop: Police

Matthew Memrick
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TROUTMAN, N.C. (QUEEN CITY NEWS) — Troutman Police say they arrested an 18-year-old woman on multiple drug charges involving marijuana, heroin, and fentanyl Saturday.

Officers say they stopped Madison Santana, a Troutman resident, in the 100 block of South Main Street around 5 p.m. Saturday, along with three others in a Ford truck.

Santana, who was a passenger, threw a backpack out of the vehicle and underneath the truck.

Officers retrieved the backpack and found 33 blue tablets that tested positive for fentanyl, 2.08 grams of a powdered substance that tested positive for fentanyl, 9.78 ounces of THC wax, and 4.46 ounces of marijuana.

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Santana admitted to officers that the backpack belonged to her, and officers arrested her.

Santana is facing the following charges of:

  • felony possession of a Schedule I controlled substance

  • felony possession of marijuana

  • felony possession with intent to sell/deliver a Schedule I controlled substance

  • felony trafficking opium/heroin by possession and transporting

  • possession of drug paraphernalia, and possession of marijuana paraphernalia

Santana went before the magistrate and is being held a $300,000 secure bond.

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