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HICKORY NC – The bulge in the pants of a Hickory man wasn’t there just because he was happy to see the officer who arrested him.

Antonio Carnell White, 24, of 131 Third Ave. SE, was charged with two counts of felony possession of a controlled substance and one count of misdemeanor second-degree trespass.

Officers on foot patrol in the 1100 block of Second Street Place SE reported they saw the suspect on property of Hickory Public Housing Authority on Sunday evening, Chrystal Dieter with the Hickory Police Department said. The officers knew the suspect was previously banned from the housing authority’s property, she said.

Officers approached the suspect and asked if he was carrying anything illegal. He told them he had some weed in his hand, Dieter said.

An officer frisked the suspect and found a large bulge in the front of his pants, Dieter said. The bulge came from 19 bags of marijuana and four bags of crack cocaine he was trying to hide there, she said.

Officers reported seizing 10.1 grams of marijuana and 4.9 grams of crack cocaine.

White was arrested about 6:20 p.m. Sunday. He was held in the Catawba County Detention Facility with an $18,000 secured bond pending a first court appearance Monday.