After several weeks of investigating and gathering intel on Melvin “Mel” Henderson, the Marlboro County Sheriff’s Office executed a warrant to search his room at Williams Motel on Highway 15 in Bennettsville, which led to his arrest on April 6.
Members of the Tactical Narcotics Team (TNT) found 25 grams of crack cocaine, scales, a handgun, and more than $4,100 in cash in his room.
Investigator Clay Anderson of the Criminal Investigations Division headed up the operation and as a result, Henderson has been charged with trafficking crack cocaine and possession of a weapon during the commission of a violent crime.
Henderson is being held at the Marlboro County Detention Center and is awaiting a bond hearing on the charges.