Ocala Police Officer Bernard Smith searched the Golden Spur Motel on Pine Avenue after getting an anonymous tip about drug sales there.

Police say 38-year-old Abey Balekier has powdered and crack cocaine and drug paraphernalia in his room. Officer Smith said there was about a half a kilo of cocaine in the car that Balekier said was his own. Police later found out that the car was stolen.

Balekier faces grand theft auto and cocaine trafficking charges.