Woman charged with drug offenses

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A Kailua-Kona woman was charged Friday with several narcotics offenses after being found in an allegedly stolen vehicle.

A Kailua-Kona woman was charged Friday with several narcotics offenses after being found in an allegedly stolen vehicle.

Sharon Pihi, 35, was one of four people — three adults and one juvenile — stopped Sept. 24 on Maiau Street in the Kaloko light industrial area.

Upon executing a search warrant of the vehicle, officers recovered 1.5 ounces of a crystalline substance, 24 various prescription pills, 6.7 grams of a dried green leafy substance and paraphernalia associated with narcotics distribution and use. Officers also seized $850.

Three of the individuals were released pending further investigation. Pihi was charged with methamphetamine trafficking, promoting dangerous drugs, promoting harmful drugs, promoting detrimental drugs and drug paraphernalia.

Her bail for those offenses was set at $302,000.