Durham man accused of having pounds of pot at apartment in Raleigh’s North Hills

A Durham man was being held on $5 million bail in Raleigh on Wednesday after police charged him with having over 10 pounds of marijuana in a North Hills apartment.

Messiah May, 34, was arrested at the apartment in the building at 200 Park at North Hills St. shortly after 7 a.m., records showed.

According to the charges, May had the minimum amount of marijuana required for a charge of trafficking, 10 pounds, but the charge said only that the quantity was between that and 49 pounds.

Fifty pounds is the threshold for the next-highest category of trafficking.

May was listed as living on Old Well Street in Durham.

He was charged with maintaining the North Hills apartment as a place to keep and sell drugs.

May’s arrest was one of several recently in which police have seized multiple pounds of marijuana at one time.

This story was originally published September 6, 2017 at 10:53 AM with the headline "Durham man accused of having pounds of pot at apartment in Raleigh’s North Hills."