A months-long drug investigation that stretched into 2025 ended this week with a Gastonia man in handcuffs, after officers tracked him to family property in Clover, South Carolina, and brought him back across the state line to face trafficking charges, according to police. Authorities identified the suspect as 37-year-old Okevius Farrell Bigger, who was taken into custody on Wednesday and is being held at the Gaston County Jail without bond. Detectives say the probe focused on fentanyl and methamphetamine distribution and involved thousands of fentanyl pills and hundreds of grams of meth.
In a release, the Gaston County Police Department said Bigger had been entered into the National Crime Information Center as wanted with extradition. Investigators, working through the department’s Special Investigations Unit, located him on family property in Clover, where the York County Sheriff’s Office took him into custody. The arrest capped what police describe as a months-long effort to unravel suspected trafficking activity tied to Gaston County.
Investigation And Charges
Detectives allege the investigation uncovered the distribution of more than 3,000 fentanyl pills and roughly 400 grams of methamphetamine, a haul with an estimated street value near $70,000, according to WCCB Charlotte. Bigger faces 10 counts of trafficking in fentanyl, five counts of trafficking in methamphetamine, and one charge of maintaining a vehicle or dwelling for the sale of controlled substances…