Police have arrested a Roanoke Rapids man for allegedly trafficking Xanax, city police Chief Jeff Hinton said this morning.

The arrest stems from an investigation at 84 Madison St. where a marijuana plant was found in plain view in a tomato garden.

After seizing the plant, officers obtained consent to search the house and found 165 Xanax pills, Hinton said. They also found 135 grams of marijuana and paraphernalia.

Police charged Kenny Brooks with trafficking schedule IV — the Xanax — possession of a controlled substance without prescription label present, possession with intent to manufacture, sell or deliver marijuana, felony possession of schedule VI, maintaining a dwelling to keep a controlled substance and possession of drug paraphernalia.

Bond amount was not immediately available.

A drug bust first reported by The Spin yesterday has netted several arrests, the Roanoke Rapids Police Department said.

Five people were charged after officers went to 36 Madison St. acting on tip, according to Chief Jeff Hinton.

When narcotics agents arrived they found Larry Nathaniel Jenkins Jr., 21, sitting in a car. When he gave the agents ID, officers saw a bag of marijuana under the seat. The bag contained 20 separate bags of marijuana packaged for sale, Hinton said.

Jenkins, of Weldon, was charged with possession with intent to sell and deliver marijuana, maintaining a vehicle for controlled substances and possession of drug paraphernalia.

Agents found a 5-pound bag of marijuana inside the stove and charged John Matt Deloatch, 36, of 36 Madison St., with possession of schedule VI, possession with intent to sell and deliver marijuana, maintaining a dwelling to keep a controlled substance and possession of drug paraphernalia.

Rashard Jones, 22, of Gaston, was charged with felony possession of marijuana, possession with intent to sell and deliver marijuana and an outstanding warrant for assault on a female. He was jailed on $5,000 bond.

Hinton said Monte Plum, 34, of the 900 block of Cedar Street, was charged with felony possession of marijuana, possession with intent to sell and deliver marijuana, maintaining a vehicle to keep a controlled substance, felony possession of schedule II for allegedly having a gram of cocaine in his vehicle and possession of drug paraphernalia. He was jailed on $10,000 bond.

Mykeal Greene, 27, of Hamilton Street, was charged with possession with intent to sell and deliver marijuana, possession of schedule VI, possession of drug paraphernalia, possession of a stolen firearm, possession of a weapon by a convicted felon and an outstanding warrant for assault on a female.

Hinton said agents believe the men arrested were possibly working together.

Meanwhile, Hinton said a case at 84 Jefferson Street remains under investigation. A pot plant was found in plain view in a garden and several bags of marijuana were hidden in different rooms of the house.