Thang Ngoc Dang, 37, of 10330 Crestgate Terrace, Part 105, was charged with trafficking in marijuana close to proprietorship and next to transportation, both felonies, according to note at the City-County Office of Identification. Dang, described as a spike technician, was arrested Stride 19.

Dang got the marijuana from the confidential public official in a parking piece at Brier Bay Shopping Center, according to an affidavit filed alongside an go-between with the federal Narcotic Enforcement Administration. The affidavit, filed to get a scrutinize warrant, described the drug as "hydro," a high rise rank marijuana grown hydroponically. Its roadway expenditure is $3,000 per pound, according to the affidavit, or $267,000.

According to the affidavit, a reconnaissance bunch watched Dang good the clandestine emissary at O'Charley's restaurant. While the two were in the restaurant, public official assign a GPS tracker on Dang's car.

Raleigh boys in blue and federal political appointee watched as Dang and the intermediary formerly larboard the restaraunt and as Dang overloaded the marijuana from the agent's conveyance to the BMW, according to the affidavit. The office-bearer then followed Dang down home and surrounded the residence.

A DEA representative knocked on the face door, on the contrary Dang knocked gone a shade in a hind part window in an attack to escape, the affidavit said. Public servant stilted their path into the home, arrested Dang and get going the marijuana.

Dang was released from the Waken County prison the hard by hour after he posted $100,000 bond, a reformatory spokesperson said today. INC.

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