Shountario Walker, 28, 511 S. Summer St., Selmer, N.C., is charged with possession of cocaine with intent to sell or deliver.

Shountario Walker, 28, 511 S. Summer St., Selmer, N.C., is charged with possession of cocaine with intent to sell or deliver.

Roderick Ray, 27, 801 S. Summer St., Selmer, N.C., is charged with possession of Schedule II substance (cocaine), evading arrest and tampering with evidence.

The two men were stopped by West Tennessee Drug Task Force Special Agent Russell Burrow on Thursday, March 17, when he initiated a traffic stop on a 2010 Nissan Sentra with out-of-state tags near the junction of Interstate I-155 and Highway 412 in Dyer County.

As the vehicle stopped, Ray, who was the passenger in the vehicle, allegedly fled on foot toward the former Quebecor plant holding a plastic bag.

The driver, Walker, was held and a description of Ray was immediately given out to all law enforcement officers. The Dyersburg Police Depart-ment, Dyer County Sheriff's Department and the Tennessee Highway Patrol conducted a search of the area. Officers found Ray hiding beside several large tanks at the plant.

Both Burrow and West Tennessee Drug Task Force Special Agents Shawn Crouch along with Dyersburg Police Department K-9 Officer Brent Hill utilized their narcotics K-9s to assist in locating the plastic bag Ray was seen carrying as he fled the vehicle. The bag was found on the roof of a building close to where Ray was seen.

According to the arrest warrants for Ray and Walker, the bag contained 2 pounds of cocaine.

Both subjects where transported to the Dyer County Jail and were charged in Dyer County General Sessions Court.