A major drug bust at multiple locations netted heroin, cocaine, marijuana, LSD, three handguns and cash and led to the arrest of 8 people.

Search warrants were executed after the Charleston Police Department received several complaints about narcotic activity at apartments on Blake St. and Smith St.

A search warrant executed at 28 Blake Street Apartment B led police to confiscate 13 bags of heroin, 48 grams of cocaine, 2 grams of marijuana, 3 handguns, $1,186 in cash.  Kenneth Sheppard, 55, was arrested and charged with trafficking cocaine, three counts of distribution of heroin, three counts of distribution of heroin within close proximity of a school; possession of heroin with intent to distribute, possession of heroin with intent to distribute within close proximity of a school, possession of marijuana and possession of a firearm during the commission of a violent act. He was transported to the Charleston County Detention Center.

A search warrant executed at 121 Smith Street #3 led to the confiscation of three LSD tablets and two grams of cocaine and the arrest of Nathaniel Morris, 21, of Smith Street. He is charged with possession of LSD, possession of cocaine with intent to distribute and possession of cocaine with intent to distribute within close proximity of a school.

The ongoing investigation led members of the Team 4 Power Squad to initiate a warrant sweep in the Ardmore and Hazelwood area which lead to the following arrests:

Justin Singleton, 26, of Outlook Drive, is charged with distribution of cocaine base and distribution of cocaine base within close proximity of a park;

David Barfield, 20, of 573 Meeting, is charged with distribution of cocaine base and distribution of cocaine base within close proximity of a park;

David Grant III, 28, of Hazelwood Drive, is charged with distribution of cocaine base and cocaine distribution within close proximity of a park;

Patrick Coaxum, 34, of Kennedy Street, is charged with two counts of distribution of marijuana and distribution of marijuana within close proximity of a park;

Kwame Jones, 19, of Rutledge Avenue, is charged with distribution of cocaine base and distribution of cocaine base within close proximity of a school;

Keith Williams, 28, of North Romney Street, is charged with distribution of cocaine base and distribution of cocaine base within close proximity of a school. All of these suspects were transported to the Charleston County Detention Center.