Hattiesburg resident jailed here for drugs

Published 12:09 pm Wednesday, August 18, 2010

A Hattiesburg man was in the Warren County Jail this morning on a drug charge.

Chadrick Dixon, 21, 5457 Chevy Chase Drive Apt. 8, was arrested by Warren County deputies at 3:50 this morning after a traffic stop on Interstate 20 between the U.S. 61 North and Bovina exits, Sheriff Martin Pace said.

Deputies smelled marijuana from a backpack in the back seat of Dixon’s 2005 Kia Elantra and uncovered a pound and a half of marijuana in a plastic bag, Pace said.

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Dixon was charged with possession of marijuana with intent to distribute, Pace said. He was held without bond.