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$12,800 in Cocaine, Stolen AR-15 Pistol Seized During Search of Lexington Home: Sheriff

Detectives arrested Carlos Antonio Leach on multiple drug and firearm charges. He was already wanted on meth trafficking charges.
Credit: Davidson County Sheriff's Office
Carlos Antonio Leach

LEXINGTON, N.C. — Deputies found cocaine with a street value of $12,800, a handgun, and a stolen AR-15 pistol during the search of a home in Lexington, according to the Davidson County Sheriff's Office. 

Detectives arrested Carlos Antonio Leach during a traffic stop. They say he was living at the home on Mt. View Ct., and had outstanding warrants for trafficking meth. 

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During the house search, detectives also found Pyrex cookware believed to be used to convert powder cocaine into crack cocaine. 

Leach faces several drug trafficking charges and gun charges. 

He received a $1,345,000 secured bond for the trafficking meth warrants, a $1,500,000 secured bond for the latest charges resulting from the house search, and a no bond hold for violating a domestic violence protection order. 

Leach has a court date of September 3. 

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