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Two Aiken County men have been jailed after local and federal agents recovered 400 pounds of marijuana at a storage unit in Martinez and raided a Hampton Avenue home in Aiken Friday, according to officials.
Isaac L. Lewis Jr., 31, of Hampton Avenue, and Rufus R. Hamilton, 30, of Oriole Street, are charged with trafficking marijuana and are being held without bond at the Columbia County detention center in Georgia.
The arrests culminated a monthlong investigation involving, the Drug Enforcement Agency, the Aiken County sheriff's office, Columbia County sheriff's office and the Richmond County Sheriff's, said Capt. Steve Morris, a spokesperson for the Columbia County Sheriff's Office.
Investigators issued a search warrant in Columbia County Friday, about 9:30 a.m., at the Flowing Wells Industrial Park storage units where the drugs, with an estimated street value of $250,000, were recovered. The unit was being rented by Lewis, Morris said.
Both men were taken into custody in Georgia.
Narcotics investigators then served a search warrant at the 1375 Hampton Avenue home Lewis lives in with his father, a retired Aiken Public Safety officer.
Local investigators said they have no reason to believe the former officer had any knowledge of the drug trafficking, but he was at home during the raid in Aiken and detained briefly while deputies seized a Ford Explorer utility trailer and a stolen motorcycle.
The vehicles were used in the drug trafficking, said Capt. Troy Elwell, a spokesperson for the Aiken County Sheriff's Office.
The motorcycle was stolen in Aiken County.
According to a South Carolina Law Enforcement Division records check, both men have lengthy criminal histories in the Palmetto State.
Lewis has been jailed on numerous charges, including breaking into automobiles, receiving stolen goods, possession of a stolen vehicle, drug charges, assault charges. He also has a Georgia arrest record, Morris said.
Hamilton has been charged with weapons charges, animal fighting and other drug charges.
Deputies said Friday they felt they got ``some major players in the drug trade off the streets.''
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Isaac L. Lewis Jr., 31, of Hampton Avenue, and Rufus R. Hamilton, 30, of Oriole Street, are charged with trafficking marijuana and are being held without bond at the Columbia County detention center in Georgia.
The arrests culminated a monthlong investigation involving, the Drug Enforcement Agency, the Aiken County sheriff's office, Columbia County sheriff's office and the Richmond County Sheriff's, said Capt. Steve Morris, a spokesperson for the Columbia County Sheriff's Office.
Investigators issued a search warrant in Columbia County Friday, about 9:30 a.m., at the Flowing Wells Industrial Park storage units where the drugs, with an estimated street value of $250,000, were recovered. The unit was being rented by Lewis, Morris said.
Both men were taken into custody in Georgia.
Narcotics investigators then served a search warrant at the 1375 Hampton Avenue home Lewis lives in with his father, a retired Aiken Public Safety officer.
Local investigators said they have no reason to believe the former officer had any knowledge of the drug trafficking, but he was at home during the raid in Aiken and detained briefly while deputies seized a Ford Explorer utility trailer and a stolen motorcycle.
The vehicles were used in the drug trafficking, said Capt. Troy Elwell, a spokesperson for the Aiken County Sheriff's Office.
The motorcycle was stolen in Aiken County.
According to a South Carolina Law Enforcement Division records check, both men have lengthy criminal histories in the Palmetto State.
Lewis has been jailed on numerous charges, including breaking into automobiles, receiving stolen goods, possession of a stolen vehicle, drug charges, assault charges. He also has a Georgia arrest record, Morris said.
Hamilton has been charged with weapons charges, animal fighting and other drug charges.
Deputies said Friday they felt they got ``some major players in the drug trade off the streets.''
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