DATE: Tuesday, September 9, 1997            TAG: 9709090268

SECTION: LOCAL                   PAGE: B2   EDITION: NORTH CAROLINA 

SOURCE: STAFF REPORT

DATELINE: HERTFORD                          LENGTH:   19 lines

DRUG INVESTIGATORS ARREST HERTFORD MAN, SEIZE 161 POT PLANTS

Investigators confiscated 161 marijuana plants here Friday with a street value of $225,475 growing near and around the mobile home of a Hertford man, said Perquimans County Sheriff David Lane.

Cecil Elliot, 53, was charged with manufacturing marijuana and possession of cocaine. Officials also confiscated six half-gallon bottles of rum that Elliot was allegedly using to illegally sell mixed drinks from a nightclub on his property known as the Cowboy Club. More charges may be pending, Lane said.

Elliot is being held in Albemarle District Jail in lieu of $9,000 secured bond. Lane said he had been investigating Elliot for two years. KEYWORDS: ARREST DRUGS ILLEGAL

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