BRUNSWICK COUNTY, NC (WECT) - Brunswick County deputies found 2,000 bindles of drugs inside a lunch box during a traffic stop in the county Thursday.

Christopher Joseph Mosby, 43, was arrested. Mosby is charged with possession of drug paraphernalia and trafficking opium or heroin. 

Chief Deputy Charlie Miller called Mosby a career criminal. He's from Springfield, New Jersey but was currently living in the Leland area. Deputies say Mosby was convicted of second degree murder in Forsyth County in 1994.

According to deputies, Mosby was the passenger in the car. His goddaughter, who is a juvenile, was driving the vehicle. Deputies say Mosby got the drugs here on a Greyhound bus from Springfield, New Jersey to Richmond, Virginia. The bus then went from Richmond through Raleigh and on to Fayetteville. Deputies say this was the result of a long time investigation and the case is still active in New Jersey.

BRUNSWICK COUNTY, NC (WECT) – Two men from Brunswick County were sentenced in federal court Friday for conspiring to distribute crack cocaine.

According to the Department of Justice, Jay Avery Jenerette, 25, and Mitchell Griffith, 39, were arrested in part of Operation BuggSnatcher.

During the course of the investigation, officers made six controlled purchases from Jenerette between August 2011 and October 2011 in Brunswick County. Three controlled purchases were made from Griffith between May 2011 and June 2011.

According to the DOJ, the investigation showed Griffith was responsible for distributing more than 70 kilograms of cocaine into Eastern NC between 2005 and the time of his arrest.

Jenerette and Griffith were both sentenced to at about seven and half years in jail.

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