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Englewood man charged with drug trafficking

Posted by Mark Chapman on July 29th, 2010 at 4:13 pm,
with photos by courtesy CCSO

Christo­pher Lee Prew

Sub­mit­ted by Char­lotte County Sheriff’s Office

Char­lotte County Sheriff’s War­rant Squad detec­tives arrested an Engle­wood Beach man for on drug traf­fick­ing charges after a Nar­cotics Unit under­cover investigation.

Christo­pher Lee Prew, 38, of Shore­view Drive, was charged with traf­fick­ing in Oxy­codone, Pos­ses­sion of Oxy­codone and Pos­ses­sion of Drug Para­pher­na­lia stem­ming from a June 1 under­cover oper­a­tion that took place at Prew’s home. The pills pur­chased were sent to an FDLE lab for test­ing and came back pos­i­tive for Oxy­codone; a war­rant was then issued for his arrest.

Prew was taken to the Char­lotte County Jail where he remains on $50,000 bond. He is a con­victed felon with 11 book­ings and 17 records  in Char­lotte County.

Any­one with infor­ma­tion about ille­gal drug activ­ity should call the CCSO Nar­cotics Unit at 941−575−2157, or Crime Stop­pers at 800–780-TIPS (8477).

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