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More Than 300 Bags Of Heroin, Cocaine & Meth Found In Car, Guns Found In Home

PERRYVILLE, Md. (WJZ) -- Maryland State Police investigators halted a drug ring in Cecil County, after they found drugs in a car during a traffic stop in Elkton.

According to police, 33-year-old Todd Powell and 34-year-old Heather Adkins, both of Perryville, were arrested and charged with multiple illegal drug violations.

Powell was also charged with gun violations, after further investigation.

Troopers stopped the suspects at 1:15 a.m. on Jan. 9 along High Street in Elkton for multiple traffic violations. During the traffic stop, police found reasons to search the vehicle.

Police found:

  • 296 individually packaged bags of heroin secreted in magnetic container attached to the vehicle's engine compartment (108.7 grams)
  • 4 individual bags of cocaine (1.1 grams)
  • 1 individual bag of crystal methamphetamine (1 gram)
  • 2 glass jars containing marijuana (16.2 grams)
  • U. S. currency believed to be related to the drug distribution operation

Following their arrest, the department's gang enforcement unit got a court-order to search Powell's residence in the 700 block of Aiken Avenue.

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Courtesy: Maryland State Police

There, troopers found:

  • One Taurus PT738 .380 caliber semi-automatic pistol
  • One magazine containing six .380 caliber cartridges
  • One box of Blazer Brass .380 caliber ammunition
  • One glass jar containing 75 individually packaged bags of heroin (36.5 grams)
  • One plastic bag containing Psilocybin mushrooms (2 grams)
  • Three plastic jars containing marijuana (3.2 grams)
  • One plastic bag containing 9 Clozapine pills

Adkins and Powell were charged with possession with intent to distribute a controlled dangerous substance (heroin, cocaine), possession of methamphetamine and marijuana and possession of a large amount of heroin.

Powell was also charged with possession of a firearm, prohibited person/possession of a firearm, prohibited person/possession of ammunition.

Maryland State Police are leading the investigation.

 

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