Mark Carter

Hundreds of bags of heroin, a dozen bags of crack cocaine and more than $7,600 in currency was among the cache of contraband seized in Tuesday’s raid of a suspected drug house in Butler.

State police vice officers also found convicted drug felon Mark A. Carter in the home in the 300 block of East Brady Street.

“He’s a major supplier of heroin and crack cocaine in this area,” Tim Fennell, who heads the Butler County Drug Task Force, said of Carter.

The 29-year-old defendant of Butler was arrested on felony drug and gun charges. He is in the Butler County Prison on $100,000 bail.

Police also got a pair of felony arrest warrants for Brandon J. Morris, 31, who lives at the home. He was not home when officers showed up about 6 a.m. with a search warrant.

An officer who participated in the raid called the bust “significant” but he would not elaborate on the investigation.

The officer, who asked not to be identified, also would not disclose any target names or reveal what evidence led to the warrant.

Carter was in bed with a woman in a second-floor apartment when officers got to the home. City police said the house has three apartments.

While charging documents list Carter as living on Hickory Street, authorities believe he has been staying for some time with Morris at the upstairs apartment.

After being read his Miranda warnings, police said, Carter acknowledged there was heroin and crack in the bedroom where officers found him. There was a lot of money in the closet, too, he admitted.

Officers found stacks of bills on the shelf. In all, the currency totaled $7,612,

A search of Carter’s room turned up two plastic bags, each containing raw heroin and large chunks of crack, documents said. Additionally, police found three stamp bags of suspected heroin and a small mount of marijuana.

In Morris’ room, documents said, officers seized 326 stamp bags of heroin, 11 bags of crack and other drug contraband.

Fennell pegged the street value of the seized drugs at “tens of thousands of dollars.”

Police also found a 12-gauge shotgun in Morris’ room. Because of his criminal record, Carter is prohibited from possessing or being around any firearms.

Court records showed that Carter has a felony conviction in a 2006 drug case in Philadelphia. He was sentenced to 4 to 10 years in state prison.

Carter on Tuesday was arraigned on three counts of possession with intent to deliver a controlled substance and a charge of illegal possession of a firearm, all felonies.

Additionally, he faces misdemeanor charges of possession of a controlled substance and drug paraphernalia and possession of a small amount of marijuana.

A preliminary hearing was not immediately set.

Morris is charged with multiple counts of felony and misdemeanor drug possession and criminal use of a communication facility.

Fennell said the manhunt for Morris continues.