Bluffton man faces cocaine possession charge

A Bluffton man was charged with possession with intent to distribute cocaine after police found quantities of packaged cocaine and a loaded gun at his residence Tuesday, according to a Beaufort County Sheriff’s Office news release.

Members of the Bluffton Police Department's Special Investigations Unit were serving a drug-related search warrant at 11 Jillfer Lane when the drugs were located, the release said.

Samuel Bradshaw Jr., 25, was charged with possession with intent to distribute charge and was arrested on a previous warrant for the same charge from a previous incident, the release said.

He was taken to the Beaufort County Detention Center.

Anyone with information on drug activity in the Bluffton area is encouraged to call the police department's crime tip line at 843-706-4560.

This story was originally published March 23, 2016 at 11:01 AM with the headline "Bluffton man faces cocaine possession charge."