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Two Salisbury residents are under arrest following a crash and an Albemarle police officer recovering following a separate wreck while entering pursuit of the suspects Monday.

Around 6 p.m., Stanly County Sheriff’s Office detectives observed a vehicle that had been involved in a previously committed felony offense. Upon sight of law enforcement officers, this vehicle began fleeing on Lennox Street in Albemarle, the Sheriff’s Office reported. Deputies pursued the vehicle to Canal Road in New London where the vehicle was involved in a single vehicle accident.

Jatwane Demetrius Cole, 28, and Cary Joseph Jackson II, 34, both of Salisbury, were taken into custody on scene. Both were transported to Atrium Health Stanly for minor injuries sustained in the accident.

Four grams of fentanyl, 35.7 grams of methamphetamine, 125 oxycodone pills, 56 ecstasy pills and a firearm were seized during this incident.

Cole was charged with felony fleeing to elude arrest, four counts of trafficking in opium or heroin, two counts of trafficking in methamphetamine, two counts of possession with intent to sell and deliver schedule II, one count of possession with intent to sell and deliver MDMA, conspiracy to traffic opium, conspiracy to traffic methamphetamine and one count of possession of firearm by felon, as well as many traffic offenses.

Jackson was charged with four counts of trafficking in opium or heroin, two counts of trafficking in methamphetamine, two counts of possession with intent to sell and deliver schedule II, one count of possession with intent to sell and deliver MDMA, conspiracy to traffic opium, conspiracy to traffic methamphetamine and one count of possession of firearm by felon.