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Butler drug raid cuts into Detroit connection

More than six ounces of suspected crack cocaine — enough to fetch $20,000 on the street — was seized Wednesday night in a drug raid at a Butler home, authorities said.

But that was not all.

The Butler County Drug Task Force raid also seized dozens of bags of suspected heroin and one and a half pounds of marijuana that investigators believe came from an indoor grow operation at the same home on the 200 block of West Brady Street.

Officers also confiscated currency and cell phones.

Arrested on trafficking-related and other charges was alleged Detroit-connected drug dealer Anthony W. “Doobie” Shields, 24, of Port Huron, Mich., and Todd A. Moore, 48, who is a tenant at the West Brady street home.

Both are in Butler County Prison and jailed on six-figure bail each.

“This was a significant arrest,” county Det. Tim Fennell, who heads the task force, said Thursday. “It's going to put a dent in the wall of this Detroit crew.”

Fennell suspects Shields is just the latest in a long list of dealers from Detroit that have traveled to Butler over the years.

A full report will appear in the Butler Eagle.

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