PANAMA CITY BEACH — Police have arrested a Panama City Beach man on charges of intending to distribute heroin — the first incident of its kind for 2015, according to court records.
Clayton Merrill Brown, 26, was arrested Sunday on a charge of possessing a controlled substance with intent to distribute after police allegedly found less than a gram of heroin in his pants pocket, Panama City Beach Police reported.
PCBPD discovered a baggie with about 0.35 grams of heroin in Brown’s left front pants pocket during a search Monday at about 2 p.m. Officers also reported finding 32 clear plastic baggies on Brown and 10 syringes before taking him to the Bay County Jail, according to an arrest affidavit.
In 2014, authorities arrested 10 people on charges of possessing heroin. Four of those were charged with intending to distribute the controlled substance, according to court records.
Brown’s arrest was the first of its kind in 2015. He made his first appearance in court Monday.