TWO LEE COUNTY MARIJUANA DEALERS BUSTED

CHARLOTTE COUNTY NARCOTICS DETECTIVES ARRESTED TWO LEE COUNTY RESIDENTS YESTERDAY AFTERNOON THAT WERE REPORTEDLY INVOLVED IN AN UNDERCOVER PURCHASE OF MARIJUANA AT A LOCATION SOUTH OF PUNTA GORDA.  DEPUTIES SAY THE BUY WAS FOR 70 GRAMS OF POT, AND ONCE THE CASH WAS EXCHANGED, DETECTIVES MOVED IN AND ARRESTED 31 YEAR OLD BENJAMINE STEVENS OF CAPE CORAL AND 23 YEAR OLD NICOLE BAIR OF FT. MYERS.  A SEARCH OF THEIR VEHICLE TURNED UP A .380 MM SEMI-AUTOMATIC FIREARM WITH SIX ROUNDS OF AMMUNITION.  STEPHENS WAS REPORTEDLY INVOLVED IN ANOTHER UNDERCOVER DRUG DEAL A WEEK AGO.  HE WAS CHARGED WITH TWO COUNTS OF SALE AND DELIVERY AS WELL AS POSSESSION OF OVER 20 GRAMS OF MARIJUANA, WHILE BAIR WAS CHARGED WITH ONE COUNT OF EACH.  STEPHENS IS BEING HELD ON $15,000 BOND, WHILE BAIR’S BOND IS SET AT $7500.