Cash, drugs and a handgun were found during the operation.
Drugs, cash and a firearm confiscated during a Narcotic Task Force Operation (Photo from Hagerstown Police Department)
Hagerstown, Md (KM) Two Baltimore city residents were arrested on Wednesday in Hagerstown on drug and weapons offenses. The Washington County Narcotics Task Force executed a search and seizure warrant at 234 Frederick Street, and took Travis Devon Gary, 43, and Juanita Robinson, 45, into custody.
Gary is charged with:
CDS:Possession with intent to Distribute:Narcotic (cocaine)
CDS:Possession with intent to Distribute:Narcotic (fentanyl)
Dist/PWID CDS fentanyl/heroin
CDS:Possession not cannabis (cocaine)
CDS:Possession not cannabis (fentanyl)
CDS:Possession not cannabis (ecstasy)
CDS:Possession large amount (fentanyl)
CDS: Possession paraphernalia
Firearm possession crime viol/felony conviction
Firearm/Drug trafficking crime
CDS-possession of firearms
Illegal possession ammo
Robinson is charged with:
CDS:Possession with intent to Distribute:Narcotic (cocaine)
CDS:Possession with intent to Distribute:Narcotic (fentanyl)
Dist/PWID CDS fentanyl/heroin
CDS:Possession not cannabis (cocaine)
CDS:Possession not cannabis (fentanyl)
CDS:Possession not cannabis (ecstasy)
CDS:Possession large amount (fentanyl)
CDS: Possession paraphernalia
Firearm possession crime viol/felony conviction
Firearm/Drug trafficking crime
CDS-possession of firearms
CDS stands for controlled dangerous substances. PWID means possession with intent to distribute.
Authorities say they confiscated 308 gel capsules containing fentanyl (about 169 grams), about 116 grams of cocaine, ecstasy, paraphernalia, a handgun and more than $7,000 in cash.
The Narcotics Task Force says it began an investigation in May into activities at 234 Frederick Street. They say several subjects at that address were in engaging in the distribution of suspected narcotics.
In addition to the Washington County Narcotics Task Force, other participants were in the operation were the Washington County Special Response Team, the Hagerstown Police Department’s Crime Suppression Unit, the Hagerstown Police Department’s Drone Operations, the Maryland State Police and the Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services.
This investigation was partly funded under the Maryland Criminal Intelligence Network Initiative which is part of the Governor’s Office on Crime Prevention and Policy Program. Hagerstown Police say MCIN focuses on identifying, disrupting and dismantling gangs ,and violent criminal networks involved in the distribution of illegal drugs, the use of firearms in crimes of violence, human trafficking, or other violent criminal activities. This is accomplished through enforcement, prevention, intervention and information sharing.
By Kevin McManus