CONYERS — The Narcotics and Vice Unit of the Rockdale County Sheriff’s Office recently arrested a Conyers man and found weapons and a cache of illegal drugs after receiving information about the location of a stolen handgun.

According to the RCSO press release, investigators received information Jan. 23 that a .44 Magnum revolver was stolen from Monroe, and a person at 10 Princess Drive in Conyers possibly had it.

Grady Allen Wilcox Jr., 42, who lived at the address, was found there by investigators with several other individuals also at the home. Wilcox allowed investigators to search his residence, according to an RCSO press release.

Investigators found the stolen gun during the search, along with a sawed-off shotgun, a homemade explosive device made out of a mouse trap and a shotgun shell, and ammunition. RCSO investigators also discovered approximately 4 grams of methamphetamine, approximately 1 ounce of marijuana, more than 100 prescription pills, multiple pipes used for smoking marijuana and methamphetamine and a digital scale. The prescription pills discovered included Adderall, morphine, Dilaudid, Klonopin, Restoril, Lortab and Xanax.

Wilcox was arrested and charged with theft by receiving stolen property, possession of a weapon by a convicted felon, possession of a weapon during the commission of a crime, possession of a sawed-off shotgun, possession of a dangerous weapon, possession with intent to distribute Schedule II narcotic, possession of a Schedule III narcotic and three counts of possession of a Schedule IV narcotic.

Wilcox remained Friday at the Rockdale County Jail. Bond was set at $71,000, according to jail administrators.

Wilcox’s drug arrest followed the Jan. 21 arrest of Darren Waddell, 26, of 2585 Pinewood Drive, Conyers, and Samantha Leonard Harris, 23, of 1691 Morgan Drive, Buckhead, on charges of sale of methamphetamine, possession of marijuana, and possession of drug-related objects.

The RCSO/Conyers Police Department Joint Drug Task Force arrested Waddell and Harris at the Jameson Inn on Dogwood Drive after a two-month investigation.

Waddell was also charged with forgery in the second degree stemming from counterfeit currency found in his possession, according to RCSO spokeswoman Sgt. Jodi Shupe.

“The United States Secret Service will be notified of the forgery charge and the denominations of the counterfeit currency,” Shupe said.

Money, cars, property and any assets found in drug arrests are subject to police seizure. Law enforcement determines the money and assets that are not stolen by filing seizure paperwork with the District Attorney’s Office and running advertisements. Local drug money, once it is determined it is not stolen, comes back to the Sheriff’s Office. The DA’s Office also receives a percentage.

All the drugs confiscated are ultimately destroyed, said Cpl. Chris Crutchfield of the RCSO Narcotics and Vice Unit.

Seized marijuana is tested in-house and any felony drugs, such as pills, methamphetamine and cocaine, are sent to the Georgia Bureau of Investigation’s crime lab to test the purity level. The drugs are retained until the case goes to trial or the accused pleads out. Once the case is disposed, the drugs are destroyed.