Big-Time Takoma Park Drug Dealer Arrested: Police

TAKOMA PARK, MD — Takoma Park Police, Montgomery County Police and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) Baltimore Field Division announced the arrest of an armed Takoma Park drug dealer who sold heroin laced with fentanyl.

Authorities conducted a federal search warrant in the area of Flower Avenue in Takoma Park during the early morning hours of Thursday, police said. The warrant resulted in the arrest of one suspect and the seizure of several items, including: three handguns, narcotics suspected to be heroin laced with fentanyl, drug-packaging material and over $37,000 in cash. Authorities did not identify who the suspect was.

“ATF and our law enforcement partners in Takoma Park and throughout Montgomery County are committed to ensuring that our neighborhoods are safe and that those who violate federal firearm and drug laws are held accountable,” said Daniel L. Board Jr., Special Agent in Charge of the ATF Baltimore Field Division. “This joint investigation has removed an armed drug dealer from the community who contributed to the poisoning of our fellow citizens. The citizens of Takoma Park are undoubtedly safer as a result of today’s warrant.”

The warrant was in relation to a multi-agency undercover investigation that is being conducted in conjunction with the United States Attorney’s Office for the District of Maryland. The investigation was initiated in September of 2016 in response to an increase in violent crime and drug activity in the area, police said. Local, county and federal investigators worked together and spent countless hours conducting surveillance and proactive enforcement activity in order to develop probable cause for the federal search warrant.

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