A Wilmington man who previously served more than seven years in prison for trafficking heroin was arrested Saturday on drug charges.
Gerald Telphia Jacobs, 32, was arrested during a traffic stop at 9:16 p.m. Saturday in the 1600 block of Dawson Street, according to Wilmington Police Department Spokeswoman Linda Rawley.
Officers arrested Jacobs on a driving while license revoked charge. Police found a small bag of marijuana and 14 bindles of heroin in his possession, Rawley said.
Jacobs was charged with possession with intent to sell and deliver a schedule I controlled substance, misdemeanor possession of a schedule IV controlled substance, possession of drug paraphernalia and driving while license revoked.
According to the N.C. Department of Corrections, Jacobs was convicted of trafficking a schedule I controlled substance on Sept. 20, 2004. He was released from Central Prison in Raleigh on Dec. 20, 2011.
Jacobs is in custody at the New Hanover County Detention Facility under a $200,000 secured bond.
