Drug bust nets $114,000 in cocaine

Members of the Berkeley County Sheriff’s Offices’ Drug Enforcement Unit, in close cooperation with the North Charleston Police Department and the South Carolina Law Enforcement Division netted over 1 kilo of cocaine early on Tuesday morning December 2, 2008. 

Arrested and charged with trafficking cocaine and possession with intent to distribute crack cocaine was 24-year-old Wayne Alwyn Hollinshead, Jr. of 5855 St. Angelea Street in North Charleston. The confiscated drugs have a street value of over $114,000.00.

The joint operation by the three law enforcement agencies began in Berkeley County and ended in North Charleston.  Officers conducted a traffic stop on Hollinshead’s vehicle at Lambs and Dorchester Road in North Charleston where they located 577 grams of a white powder substance that field-tested positive for cocaine.

The North Charleston Drug Unit obtained a search warrant on the suspect’s residence. There officers located 544 grams of a white powder substance that field tested positive for cocaine and 25 grams of a white/yellowish rock substance that tested positive for crack cocaine.  Hollinshead is being held at the Charleston County Detention Center.  His bonds so far total $2,050,000.00. 

Authorities with the agencies involved agreed it was tremendous cooperation between these agencies that led to the seizure of the illegal drugs and Hollinshead’s arrest.