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Three women arrested in Fayetteville: 8 guns, cocaine and cash seized

Fayetteville police arrested three women after executing a search warrant. Police found eight guns, about 0.3 pounds of cocaine and $1,174 in cash.

Posted 2024-02-24T00:45:39+00:00 - Updated 2024-02-24T00:45:39+00:00

WRAL Staff

Fayetteville police arrested three women for having eight guns and about 0.3 pounds of cocaine.

Authorities executed a search warrant Wednesday on a home on Alphin Street near Sapona Road.

In addition to the guns and cocaine, police also seized $1,174 in cash.

Fayetteville police arrested three women after executing a search warrant. Police found eight guns, about 0.3 pounds of cocaine and $1,174 in cash. Photo courtesy of the Fayetteville Police Department.

Tammy Jones, 44, was arrested and charged with possession of a firearm by a felon, trafficking in cocaine by manufacture, trafficking in cocaine by possession, trafficking in cocaine by transport, conspire to traffic in cocaine, and felonious maintaining a dwelling for keeping and selling a controlled substance.

Jones had a pending trafficking in cocaine charges from May 2023. Authorities are holding Jones at the Cumberland County Dentention Center under $125,000 secured bond.

Tanya Beal, 27, was arrested and charged with conspiring to traffic in cocaine and felonious maintaining a dwelling for keeping and selling a controlled substance. Beal was released from custody after posting a $2,500 secured bond.

Janice Jones, 72, had her first appearance conducted at the hospital earlier Friday and she received an unsecured bond.