Community complaints lead to narcotics arrest of Bladen County man

After receiving numerous community complaints alleging the sale and delivery of drugs near Russ Street in Elizabethtown, the Bladen County Sheriff's Office launched an investigation.

During the course of the investigation, undisclosed amounts of methamphetamine were purchased from Robert Earl Griffin, 46, of Saint Pauls.

Griffin was arrested, and is being held at the Bladen County Sheriff’s Office Detention Center under a $500,000 bond.