A late-night run along Interstate 85 ended in handcuffs for a Doswell man who deputies say drove to Atlanta to pick up a kilogram of cocaine, then headed back through Granville County, North Carolina, with drugs in the car. Investigators say they pulled roughly a kilogram of suspected cocaine and about a quarter pound of marijuana from the vehicle. The driver, identified as 56-year-old Carlson Bryant Folly of Doswell, Va., is being held at the Granville County Detention Facility on a $750,000 secured bond.
According to WSB-TV, Caroline County deputies learned on March 2 that Folly was allegedly headed to Atlanta to pick up what investigators called a "significant amount of cocaine" that they believed would be distributed back in Caroline County. Deputies tracked his trip and worked with the North Carolina Highway Patrol Criminal Interdiction Unit to keep an eye on the return leg. In the early hours of March 3, officers stopped a vehicle they believed Folly was driving. A K-9 named Duke alerted on the car, and a search turned up the suspected drugs.
I-85 again proves to be a drug corridor
Interstate 85 has long been a favored route for moving drugs between states, and interdiction teams along the highway routinely end up with major seizures. In February, an I-85 traffic stop in Gaston County turned up more than $500,000 in cash, a haul that investigators linked to illegal drug activity along the busy corridor, according to WSOC-TV.
What deputies say they found and the charges
As reported by WSB-TV, investigators say they recovered roughly one kilogram of suspected cocaine and about a quarter pound of suspected marijuana from the vehicle. Folly is charged in North Carolina with felony possession of marijuana, possession with intent to sell and deliver marijuana, trafficking in cocaine by possession, and trafficking in cocaine by transportation. Deputies say additional charges are expected in Virginia, and the investigation is still underway.
Next steps in a two-state case
Because the case stretches across state lines, prosecutors in North Carolina and Virginia are expected to coordinate as they sort through evidence and potential charges. Officials say the probe is ongoing, no court date has been released, and anyone with information is asked to contact law enforcement.
