NORTH CAROLINA — A Virginia man is facing multiple drug trafficking charges after authorities say he traveled to Atlanta to obtain a large quantity of cocaine before being stopped along Interstate 85.
According to the Caroline County Sheriff’s Office in Virginia, deputies received information on March 2 that Carlson Bryant Folly, 56, of Doswell, Virginia, was allegedly traveling to Atlanta to pick up what investigators described as a “significant amount of cocaine” that they believed was intended for distribution in Caroline County.
After confirming Folly was traveling south toward Atlanta, drug investigators began coordinating surveillance efforts. Authorities partnered with the North Carolina Highway Patrol Criminal Interdiction Unit to monitor his suspected return route along Interstate 85.
In the early morning hours of March 3, officers conducted a traffic stop in Granville County, North Carolina, on a vehicle believed to be driven by Folly. During the stop, K-9 Duke alerted officers to the possible presence of narcotics inside the vehicle.
A subsequent search of the vehicle led to the seizure of one kilogram of what deputies believe to be cocaine and approximately a quarter pound of suspected marijuana.
Folly was arrested and charged in North Carolina with felony possession of marijuana, felony possession with intent to sell and deliver marijuana, felony trafficking in cocaine by possession, and felony trafficking in cocaine by transportation.
He is currently being held at the Granville County Detention Facility on a $750,000 secured bond. Authorities said additional charges are expected to be filed in Virginia.
The investigation remains ongoing.
