{"id":330677,"date":"2026-07-06T14:06:12","date_gmt":"2026-07-06T14:06:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/330677\/"},"modified":"2026-07-06T14:06:12","modified_gmt":"2026-07-06T14:06:12","slug":"florida-man-arrested-after-swat-raid-uncovers-meth-other-drugs-in-cape-coral-home-police","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/330677\/","title":{"rendered":"Florida man arrested after SWAT raid uncovers meth, other drugs in Cape Coral home: Police"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>CAPE CORAL, Fla. (CBS12)  \u2014 A Florida man is behind bars after he was found with more than 500 grams of methamphetamine during a drug investigation.<\/p>\n<p>According to the Cape Coral Police Department, officers obtained a search warrant Wednesday that allowed the department\u2019s SWAT team to search a home on NW 8th Terrace.<\/p>\n<p>See also: <a href=\"https:\/\/cbs12.com\/news\/florida\/29-arrested-operation-county-line-prostitution-sting-jacksonville-sheriffs-office-intercept-task-force-clay-county-sheriffs-office-human-trafficking-world-cup-florida-news\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Operation County Line: JSO, partner agencies arrest 29 in online prostitution sting <\/a><\/p>\n<p>The home was occupied at the time of the search, police said. The operation led to the arrest of 29-year-old Joseph Evan Evans.<\/p>\n<p>Once the home was secured, police executed the warrant and seized multiple illegal substances.<\/p>\n<p>The items included: <\/p>\n<p>Approximately 531.3 grams of methamphetamineApproximately 194.7 grams of Alprazolam (Xanax) pillsApproximately 924.8 grams of marijuanaLysergic acid diethylamide (LSD)Drug paraphernalia consistent with the storage and distribution of controlled substancesU.S. Money<\/p>\n<p>Evans faces charges of trafficking methamphetamine, possession of a controlled substance with intent to sell and possession of drug paraphernalia.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"CAPE CORAL, Fla. (CBS12) \u2014 A Florida man is behind bars after he was found with more than&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":330678,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[209,211,210],"class_list":["post-330677","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\/330677","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=330677"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/330677\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/330678"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=330677"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=330677"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=330677"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}