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Alleged drug trafficker jailed on $500,000 bond

By Bill Moss, Published: February 3, 2023

A 45-year-old alleged drug trafficker faces numerous felony charges after a Henderson County Sheriff’s Office SWAT team executed a search warrant at 414 Harris St. on Wednesday.

The search warrant resulted from an investigation that began after police received numerous complaints about heavy traffic at the residence of Karleef Caldwell. As a result of the search, detectives seized 14.32 grams of suspected fentanyl, 4.96 grams of methamphetamine, 3.81 grams of crack cocaine, 14.5 dosage units of a schedule IV controlled substance, 10 dosage units of a schedule III controlled substance and 2.41 grams of marijuana, the sheriff’s office said in a news release.
Caldwell is charged with possession of drug paraphernalia and felony counts of trafficking in opiate/opium, possession with intent to manufacture, sell and/or deliver schedule II controlled substance, possession with intent to manufacture, sell, and/or deliver methamphetamine, possession with intent to manufacture, sell, and/or deliver cocaine, possession with intent to manufacture, sell, and/or deliver schedule VI controlled substance, maintain a dwelling for purpose of sell/deliver controlled substance, manufacture/sell/deliver a controlled substance within 1,000 feet of a park, possession with intent to manufacture, sell, and/or deliver a controlled substance.
Caldwell was jailed at the Henderson County Detention Center under a $500,000 bond.