Drug bust nets crack cocaine, 1 arrest

An Albemarle County man is in jail facing drug charges after an undercover operation, according to the Jefferson Area Drug Enforcement task force.

Officers with JADE and Albemarle police arrested 29-year-old Brian Lamont Robinson at about 6 p.m. Wednesday, JADE Lt. Don Campbell said.

Officers seized about 70 grams of crack cocaine in the undercover bust in the 2600 block of Barracks Road, said Campbell, who estimated the cocaine’s street value at $14,000.

Robinson faces a felony charge of possessing cocaine with the intent to distribute.

He is being held at the Albemarle-Charlottesville Regional Jail.