Kunta Kinte Shearin was a passenger in a vehicle in which the driver was stopped for a traffic violation around 1:45 p.m. on Highway 301 near East Second Street.

City County Drug Task Force Captain A.M. Harris said in a statement Shearin had something in his mouth.

With assistance from Corporal Phillip Moyer and Deputy Christian Carman of the Halifax County Sheriff’s Office, Shearin, 39, of Roanoke Rapids, was asked to step out of the vehicle.

Harris gave Shearin several commands to spit the substance, later identified to be crack cocaine, out. After trying to swallow it several times, he eventually spit the 2.7 grams of crack onto the hood of a patrol car.

He was also found in possession of a Chore Boy scouring pad which is used to form a filter in homemade crack pipes and a steel rod as well.

Shearin was arrested and charged with felony possession of cocaine, possession of drug paraphernalia and resisting a public officer.

He has a November 15 court date.

In 2015 he attempted to swallow but eventually spit out a golf ball size amount of crack containing 14.4 grams.

The driver, Bryant Harrison, was cited for not being licensed as a driver and has a December 4 court date.