Thread: Prosecutor says drugs were smuggled in from Mexico

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Article published Jul 1, 2006
Officials: $200K in drugs pulled from Elkhart house
Prosecutor says drugs were smuggled in from Mexico

Tribune Staff Report

ELKHART — A huge stash of narcotics valued at about $200,000 was uncovered early Friday at a house in the 600 block of Gladstone.

Officers with Elkhart County's Interdiction & Covert Enforcement Unit found one kilo of high grade cocaine, 14 grams of amphetamine and 124 pounds of “high grade Mexican marijuana,” according to a statement from Elkhart County Prosecutor Curtis T. Hill Jr.

The estimated street value of the cocaine is $90,800, the amphetamine is valued at $1,400 and the marijuana carries a street value of about $99,000, the statement said.

Officers said they also seized a shotgun and $38,311 in U.S. currency.

The home's 27-year-old male occupant was arrested and is expected to be charged with two counts of delivery of methamphetamine, as well as possession with intent to deliver cocaine.

The man — who is not being identified because formal charges haven't been filed— could face up to 50 years in prison if convicted.

His bond is set at $2 million.

“The seizure of approximately $200,000 in high-grade illegal drugs smuggled in from Mexico is right on target for what we are after in Elkhart County,” Hill said.

Hill said the drug seizure will “stop a substantial amount of ‘poison' from hitting our streets.”

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