STATESVILLE, N.C. — The Statesville Police Department responded to a report of suspicious activity at an apartment complex on Wednesday.
Police began conducting an investigation in response at Mallard Creek Apartments on Simonton Road. Officials said investigators found 20-year-old Justin Smith Davidson was the occupant of the residence.
While executing a search warrant, police found and seized 181 grams of marijuana, a 9 mm handgun, digital scales, ammunition, money and other drug-related paraphernalia.
The handgun was equipped with an after-market switch that made it full automatic, officials said.
Davidson was arrested and charged with possession of a weapon of mass destruction, possession with intent to sell and deliver marijuana, felony possession of marijuana, carrying a concealed weapon, and possession of drug paraphernalia.
He had been out on bond for prior charges, so he is being held without bond at Iredell County Jail.
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