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Woman charged with selling Fentanyl, cocaine from vehicle on Owen Drive

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A Fayetteville woman was charged with selling drugs from a vehicle after police received a CrimeStoppers tip about suspicious activity, according to the Fayetteville Police Department.

Just after 10 p.m. March 15, officers with the department’s Community Empowerment Response Team were investigating a report of a woman selling Fentanyl and other illegal narcotics in the 2700 block of Owen Drive, according to a news release.

Investigators saw the woman selling narcotics from the driver’s side of a vehicle and made contact with her, the release said.

Britney Olivia Tew, 33, of Fayetteville, was taken into custody without incident. A search of her vehicle led to the seizure of 85 grams of Fentanyl; cocaine; methamphetamine; 5 grams of marijuana; and $1,880 in cash, the release said.

Tew was charged with three counts of trafficking in Fentanyl; three counts of trafficking in cocaine; three counts of trafficking in methamphetamine; possession with the intent to sale, deliver or manufacture methamphetamine; possession with intent to sell, deliver or manufacture Fentanyl and cocaine; and two counts of maintaining a vehicle to sell methamphetamine.

Tew was held at the Cumberland County Detention Center under a $50,000 secured bond, the release said.

Anyone with information about the case is asked to contact CrimeStoppers at 910-483-TIPS (8477) or http://fay-nccrimestoppers.org.

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Fayetteville, Owen Drive, drugs, crime

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