Heroin, cash seized, 2 Philly men arrested
More than 500 stamp bags of suspected heroin and nearly $5,000 in currency were part of the haul state narcotics officers netted Sunday in Butler, authorities said.
Also seized were suspected crack cocaine and marijuana, digital scales, several cell phones and additional drug contraband.
Two Philadelphia men — 26-year-old Damar M. Holmes and 20-year-old Wayne J. Davis — were arrested in the drug bust stemming from an investigation by the Pennsylvania Office of the Attorney General's Bureau of Narcotics.
The defendants are being held in Butler County Prison on $250,000 bail each.
Investigators said they used a police informant May 3 to set up a drug deal with Holmes. The deal, made by cell phone, was for Holmes to sell two “bricks” of heroin to the informant, according to court documents, in exchange for $450.
A brick is a bundle of up to 50 single-dose glassine bags of heroin.The informant drove to East Brady Street where he met Holmes, officers said. The two traveled by vehicle to a home in the 200 block of Zeigler Avenue. The defendant went inside and quickly returned to the vehicle with the alleged heroin.The informant on June 3 again contacted Holmes to arrange to buy two more bricks of heroin, according to investigators. The informant drove to the Comfort Inn off Route 8 south in Butler Township.Holmes and Davis exited the hotel carrying luggage and entered the informant's car. State narcotics officers stopped the defendants in the vehicle at South Main and Wayne streets in Butler.Holmes and Davis were found with $4,964 in currency. They also had 540 stamp bags of suspected heroin, documents said, 30 grams of crack and 53.6 grams of marijuana.
Officers said they also seized 1,000 empty and unused stamp bags, two scales, five cell phones, a metal sifter, an electronic grinder and a glass measuring cup with suspected drug residue.Holmes is charged with one count of delivery of a controlled substance, three counts of possession with intent to deliver a controlled substance and two counts of criminal use of a communication facility, all felonies.Additionally, he is charged with two misdemeanor counts each of possession of a controlled substance and drug paraphernalia.Davis, 20, is charged with two felony counts each of possession with intent to deliver a controlled substance and two counts of criminal use of a communication facility, and two misdemeanor counts each of possession of a controlled substance and drug paraphernalia.
