WATERBURY, CT – Police in Waterbury conducted a riad on a suspected drug den this week.
According to the Connecticut State Police, on Tuesday, multiple specialized units assisted the Waterbury Police Department in the execution of a narcotics search warrant that resulted in an arrest and seizure of illegal drugs and weapons.
“Members of the State Police Violent Crimes Task Force, State Police Gang Unit, Statewide Narcotics Task Force-Southwest Office, State Police Electronic Surveillance Unit, along with the Prospect Police Department, assisted the Waterbury Police Gangs & Auto Theft Task Force and Waterbury Vice & Intelligence with the execution of narcotics-related search warrants at 288 Knollwood Circle, Waterbury, and 30 Cornwall Ave, Prospect. The target of the investigation was located inside the Knollwood Circle residence and taken into custody without incident,” CSP said in a statement today.
Inside the Waterbury residence, investigators located a 9MM Taurus G3C handgun, a .40 caliber Glock 23G4 handgun with auto fire selector switch, a 50 round drum magazine, and various amounts of narcotics including 1,795 bags of heroin/fentanyl, 286.4 grams of cocaine, 75 narcotic pills, 126.5 grams of crack cocaine, 54 grams of marijuana, $645 in cash, drug packaging and various amounts of ammunition.
As a result of the search warrant executed at the Prospect address, investigators located a “Double Star Corp Assault Rifle (AR-15) loaded with 9 live 5.56 rounds and one magazine containing 37 live 5.56 rounds. An additional search warrant was obtained for a vehicle at the Prospect address, where investigators located a Pioneer Arm Corp AK-47 rifle (7.62 caliber) and 198 grams of cocaine.
The suspect was charged with numerous firearms and narcotics violations. He was held on a $1.5 million court set bond and will be arraigned at Waterbury Superior Court GA-04 on August 24, 2022.
The suspect was not identified.