{"id":327577,"date":"2026-07-02T19:01:12","date_gmt":"2026-07-02T19:01:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/327577\/"},"modified":"2026-07-02T19:01:12","modified_gmt":"2026-07-02T19:01:12","slug":"more-than-500-grams-of-meth-seized-in-cape-coral-narcotics-operation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/327577\/","title":{"rendered":"More Than 500 Grams of Meth Seized in Cape Coral Narcotics Operation\u00a0\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/1764950231_728_News-Release-Header-NEW-2.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1640\" height=\"450\" title=\"\" role=\"img\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Cape Coral Police Department\u2019s Narcotics Unit launched an investigation that ultimately led to a search warrant being obtained for a residence believed to contain illegal narcotics.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On July 1, 2026, at approximately 6:50 a.m., a judicially authorized search warrant was executed by the Cape Coral Police Department SWAT Team at a residence located in the 3500 block of NW 8th Terrace in Cape Coral.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The home was occupied at the time of the search. Joseph Evan Evans (DOB 03\/21\/1997) was taken into custody on outstanding narcotics-related charges and transported to the Cape Coral Police Department for processing.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Once the residence was secured, Narcotics Detectives conducted a thorough search, resulting in the seizure of multiple illegal substances and related items, including:<\/p>\n<p>Methamphetamine (approximately 531.3 grams)Xanax (Alprazolam) pills (approximately 194.7 grams)Marijuana (approximately 924.8 grams)LSDDrug paraphernalia consistent with the storage and distribution of narcoticsU.S. currency<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As a result of the investigation, Joseph Evan Evans has been charged with the following:<\/p>\n<p>Trafficking in Methamphetamine, in violation of F.S.S. 893.135(1)(f)(2) (Capital Felony)Possession of a Controlled Substance with Intent to Sell (Xanax), in violation of F.S.S. 893.135(1)(a)(1) (First-Degree Felony)Possession of Drug Paraphernalia, in violation of F.S.S. 893.147(1) (First-Degree Misdemeanor)<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/NR-Mugshot-Template-80.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1640\" height=\"450\" title=\"\" role=\"img\"\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Cape Coral Police Department\u2019s Narcotics Unit launched an investigation that ultimately led to a search warrant being&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":72578,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[209,211,210],"class_list":["post-327577","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-cape-coral","tag-cape-coral","tag-cape-coral-headlines","tag-cape-coral-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/327577","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=327577"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/327577\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/72578"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=327577"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=327577"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=327577"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}