Drug task force arrests man on charges in controlled meth buy
A Butler man was arrested Monday on charges he sold methamphetamine to a police informant in the city.
The alleged controlled drug buy in January preceded a raid by the Butler County Task Force at a home on Fourth Avenue.
Daniel B. Martin, 40, is charged with felony drug trafficking and possession charges. He is in the Butler County Prison on $15,000 bail.
The task force said the defendant left the Fourth Avenue home that was under surveillance on Jan. 29 and exchanged two baggie corners containing meth to the informant for $140.
Officers subsequently obtained a search warrant for the home — a downstairs apartment in a two-story duplex.
The operation culminated a three-week investigation into suspected sales of crack cocaine and methamphetamine at the apartment, according to county Detective Tim Fennell, who leads the task force.
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