Wake deputies seize 11 pounds of pot from Raleigh man

Sheriff's investigators charged Thursday that 29-year-old Joseph Edwards Teague III had more than 11 pounds of marijuana in a rented storage unit and at the Ivy Ridge house where he lived.

Deputies first arrested Teague, 29, at the storage unit at 6220 Creedmoor Road late Thursday morning.

A felony pot-possession charge stated that he had 3.9 kilograms of marijuana in the storage unit and used it and an Audi car to keep and store drugs.

Thursday night, deputies added a second felony possession charge based on what they said was 1.25 kilograms of pot found in the house. They charged that he used the house to keep and sell the drug, too.

The charges also alleged that Teague made hash oil from marijuana, using a butane torch to liquefy the pot and collect the concentrated oil.

Altogether, Teague was charged with eight felonies and a misdemeanor count of having marijuana paraphernalia that included the torch, a digital scale, bags for packing marijuana and a machine to seal the bags.

One of the felony counts accused Teague of conspiring with another man to traffic in marijuana by transporting more than 10 pounds of it.

Teague was convicted in Wake County in 2016 of possessing marijuana with intent to distribute it and felony marijuana possession. A grand jury had indicted him after a 2014 arrest.

Two other pot-related felonies from that arrest were dismissed by the district attorney, and a third was dismissed by a judge.

Teague was held in lieu of $150,000 bail pending a court appearance.

This story was originally published March 23, 2018 at 11:35 AM with the headline "Wake deputies seize 11 pounds of pot from Raleigh man."