Charlotte-Mecklenburg Vice & Narcotics detectives along with agents with the North Carolina State Bureau of Investigation arrested 67-year old Roy Jack Coley on several drug-related charges.This arrest was the result of a lengthy undercover investigation of Coley for selling prescription drugs, including Oxycontin, Methadone, Morphine, Hydrocodone, Darvocet, Xanax and Valium. During this investigation Coley sold Darvocet and Hydrocodone along with Xanax and Valium to undercover officers.
Coley was at his residence when detectives served him with nine separate arrest warrants and took him into custody July 9, 2008. Three of the arrest warrants were for Trafficking in Opiates along with two for Sell Schedule IV C/S, two for Deliver Schedule IV, and two for Possession with Intent to Sell and Deliver Sch. IV. A handgun, $600.00 in cash and 59 Dolophine tablets (identical to Methadone) were seized from the residence.
Coley is currently being held in the Mecklenburg County Jail under $186,000.00 bond. Additional arrests of others involved with Coley are forthcoming.