Guilford County deputies seize drugs, cash and gun in Greensboro raid

Deputies say a Greensboro drug case was larger than a simple possession arrest. The Guilford County Sheriff’s Office said investigators pulled about six pounds of marijuana, one handgun, $55,135 in cash and paraphernalia tied to sales from three search warrants on June 3.

The Guilford County Street Crimes Unit ended the investigation at 3301 Shallowford Drive, 102 Saint Thomas Drive, Apartment 3A, and a storage unit, according to the sheriff’s office. The locations suggest activity spread beyond a single address, reaching into residential spaces and an off-site storage area where investigators say drugs and cash were being kept.

Malik Rashaud Moseley, 30, was arrested after the searches. He was charged with felony possession with intent to sell or deliver marijuana, felony possession of marijuana, three counts of felony maintaining a dwelling for keeping or selling a controlled substance, misdemeanor possession of marijuana paraphernalia and misdemeanor carrying a concealed gun.

The sheriff’s office said Moseley received a $7,500 secured bond at first appearance and has since been released from the Guilford County Detention Center in Greensboro. Even with that release, the case remains part of a broader enforcement effort aimed at cutting off local narcotics activity before it grows into something larger.

The size of the seizure gives the case weight in a county where drug investigations often overlap with weapons, cash and distribution evidence. A handgun alongside thousands of dollars in cash and multiple pounds of marijuana points investigators toward trafficking rather than isolated personal use, especially when the material is found with packaging or other paraphernalia consistent with sales.

The sheriff’s office says its mission is to reduce crime and the fear of crime, and it describes Special Operations as a division that investigates, prosecutes and supports a range of crimes and departmental operations. Guilford County’s jurisdiction extends across the county, including Greensboro, where deputies and city officers share overlapping public safety responsibilities.

The local jail system shows how often cases like this move through county enforcement. Guilford County says Greensboro Jail Central was constructed and occupied in 2012, has a rated capacity of 1,032 inmates and helps handle roughly 19,000 bookings a year across the county’s two detention centers. Sheriff Danny H. Rogers, sworn into office on Dec. 3, 2018, leads the agency behind the case.

For Greensboro neighborhoods, the immediate significance is the scale of what deputies say they removed from circulation, and the fact that the alleged activity stretched across homes and a storage unit rather than a single front door.