A man has been arrested in Lexington County on drug trafficking charges.
The Lexington County Sheriff’s Department says that 41-year-old North Carolina man Brandon Ulysses Pinkard is being charged with three counts of fentanyl trafficking because he made three controlled purchases earlier this year.
“On two separate occasions in April, investigators with the Lexington County Multi-Agency Narcotics Enforcement Team conducted controlled purchases of fentanyl from Pinkard from a residence on YMCA Road,” Lexington County Sheriff Jay Koon said. “In May, Pinkard facilitated another controlled purchase of fentanyl on Jamil Road in Columbia.”
Pinkard was arrested last month, according to Sheriff Koon.
“Even small amounts of fentanyl can be deadly as drug dealers press the powder into pill form, or sell it in combination with other drugs such as heroin and cocaine,” Koon said. “We’re committed to stopping the flow of fentanyl across the county and the devastation it brings to our community.”
He is being held in the Lexington County Detention Center.
