{"id":343488,"date":"2026-07-17T15:00:17","date_gmt":"2026-07-17T15:00:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/343488\/"},"modified":"2026-07-17T15:00:17","modified_gmt":"2026-07-17T15:00:17","slug":"alleged-drug-dealer-arrested-in-hollywood-more-than-60k-in-cash-seized-police-say","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/343488\/","title":{"rendered":"Alleged drug dealer arrested in Hollywood, more than $60K in cash seized, police say"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"text text--small text--normal text--primary\">Published:\u00a0July 17, 2026 at 10:02 AM<\/p>\n<p>lead-art-block.fullscreen-enterExpand<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" data-chromatic=\"ignore\" alt=\"\" class=\"c-image\" loading=\"eager\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/A6CBV7VMOFGGVETZCF6IIVARBQ.jpg\"  width=\"1280\" height=\"720\"\/>(Broward Sheriff&#8217;s Office\/Hollywood Police Department) <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">HOLLYWOOD, Fla.  \u2014 A 43-year-old man was arrested Wednesday after a months-long investigation led Hollywood police detectives to seize large quantities of narcotics and more than $60,000 in cash, police said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">According to the Hollywood Police Department, detectives spent several months investigating suspected drug activity at a home in the 1900 block of Adams Street.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">On Wednesday, detectives and SWAT Team members executed a search at the home and arrested suspected drug dealer Amos Curtis Knight.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">During the search, investigators said they recovered trafficking amounts of several illegal drugs, including:<\/p>\n<p>391.3 grams of cocaine 13.6 grams of MDMA 14.5 grams of amphetamine 6.9 grams of oxycodone 45.4 grams of alprazolam Approximately 7.5 pounds of cannabis <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Detectives said they also seized more than $60,000 in cash from the home.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Knight was arrested on charges of trafficking cocaine, MDMA and amphetamines, as well as possession with intent to distribute oxycodone, alprazolam and cannabis.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">In a statement, the Hollywood Police Department said the case demonstrates the Street Crimes Unit\u2019s continued efforts to combat drug trafficking in the city.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">\u201cThis investigation highlights our Street Crimes Unit\u2019s commitment to keeping Hollywood safe,\u201d the department said in statement. \u201cTheir dedication continues to make a measurable impact by protecting our community from dangerous narcotics and the violence associated with drug trafficking.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">As of Friday morning, Knight was being held at the Broward County Main Jail. <\/p>\n<p>\ud83c\udfe0 News From Your Neighborhood<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph b-article-body__copyright\">Copyright 2026 by WPLG Local10.com &#8211; All rights reserved.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" data-chromatic=\"ignore\" alt=\"Amanda Batchelor\" class=\"c-image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/https:\/\/author-service-images-sandbox-us-east-1.publishing.aws.arc.pub\/wplginc\/83776d46-011c-4018-ab.jpeg\"  width=\"100\" height=\"100\"\/>Amanda Batchelor<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph b-author-bio__author-description\">Amanda Batchelor is the Digital Executive Producer for Local10.com.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Published:\u00a0July 17, 2026 at 10:02 AM lead-art-block.fullscreen-enterExpand(Broward Sheriff&#8217;s Office\/Hollywood Police Department) HOLLYWOOD, Fla. \u2014 A 43-year-old man was&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":343489,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[249,251,250],"class_list":["post-343488","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-fort-lauderdale","tag-fort-lauderdale","tag-fort-lauderdale-headlines","tag-fort-lauderdale-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/343488","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=343488"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/343488\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/343489"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=343488"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=343488"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=343488"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}