A routine patrol early this morning netted 16 Baggies of pot found in the pockets of an Enfield man.

Detective R. Somogyi of the Halifax County Sheriff’s Office was in the Enfield area when he saw several men standing in a group just after midnight.

He smelled burning marijuana and allegedly saw one of the men, later identified as Joe Montrell Harper, attempting to conceal something in his pants.

Somogyi confronted Harper and seized the bags, charging him with possession with intent to sell and distribute marijuana, simple possession of marijuana and possession of drug paraphernalia.

Harper was jailed on $10,000 bond and has a July 25 court date in Halifax.