Complaints from the Cana community led to the arrest of three people on drug charges last week.

“Without the assistant of members from the community, this investigation would not have been possible,” said Davie Sheriff JD Hartman.

On April 12, officers stopped a vehicle leaving a residence on Cana Road that was the subject of the investigation. They found marijuana, cocaine and drug paraphernalia, and charged Ramek Howell, 34, of Statesville with felony possession of Schedule II controlled substance and possession of drug paraphernalia. He was served an order for arrest from Catawba County, and was taken into custody in lieu of a $5,500 bond.

After the stop, the sheriff’s department executed a search warrant on the Cana Road residence. They seized 9.8 grams of cocaine, ammunition, scales and $2,458.

Marquisha Holland, 35, of the residence, was charged with assault on a government official, possession with intent to manufacture, sell or deliver cocaine, maintaining a dwelling as a place for controlled substances, possession of drug paraphernalia and two counts of child abuse (Her two children also lived at the residence.) She was taken into custody in lieu of a $55,000 bond.

Dante Wooden, 33, also the father of the two children, was charged with possession with intent to manufacture, sell or deliver cocaine, maintaining a dwelling as a place for controlled substances, possession of drug paraphernalia and two counts of child abuse. He was taken into custody in lieu of a $50,000 bond.

“More arrests are expected related to the investigation,” Hartman said.