A cocaine possession charge leveled against a 22-year-old Haines man on Sept. 26 was dropped by prosecutors days later due to a lack of evidence.

Dennim Hagwood was charged in state court last week after border personnel found a small plastic bag of cocaine under the front passenger seat of Hagwood’s truck when he tried to enter the United States from Canada around 6:45 p.m.

Assistant district attorney Amy Paige said her decision to dismiss…