CLEMSON — One person was arrested and more than a quarter of a million dollars worth of marijuana and thousands of dollars in cash were seized as police executed a search warrant in Clemson on Friday.
Phillip Michael McRae, 37, was arrested without incident and charged with trafficking marijuana and possession of a firearm during commission of a violent crime, Clemson police chief Jimmy Dixon said.
Dixon said officers seized 50 pounds of marijuana with a street value between $250,000 and $300,000 and around $30,000 in cash during the search at 120 Hawthorne St.
According to a news release from Dixon, officers received information from outside South Carolina on Thursday about a large amount of narcotics potentially being delivered to an address in Clemson. After the tip, Clemson police began an investigation alongside Pickens County Sheriff’s Office and S.C. Law Enforcement Division officials, which ultimately led to the execution of a search warrant at the Hawthorne Street address by members of the Clemson Police Department’s Tactical Unit.