SCRANTON, LACKWANNA CO. (WOLF) \u2014 Authorities say a multi-county drug trafficking operation that funneled narcotics into Scranton has been dismantled, with large quantities of drugs, cash, and weapons seized.<\/p>\n
The Lackawanna County District Attorney\u2019s Office announced three people are facing charges in connection with the investigation: Antoine Jamar McBride, Marquis C. McBride, and Denise Lateesh Raymond.<\/p>\n
Prosecutors say all three are charged with corrupt organizations and multiple felony offenses, including possession with intent to deliver and criminal conspiracy.<\/p>\n
Investigators allege the operation was run by Antoine McBride, who lived in Monroe County but distributed drugs in Scranton. Authorities say a home in Pocono Country Place was used as a stash house to store drugs, money, and firearms.<\/p>\n
The case was built through surveillance, controlled buys, and coordinated investigative efforts across multiple agencies. Search warrants were executed at locations in both Lackawanna and Monroe counties.<\/p>\n
Officials say the searches uncovered a significant drug supply, including:<\/p>\n
Approximately one kilogram of cocaine179 grams of crack cocaine packaged for saleAbout two pounds of marijuanaMore than $35,000 in cash<\/p>\n
Police also seized two firearms and two vehicles believed to have been used in the operation.<\/p>\n
Authorities say the organization relied on multiple individuals, vehicles, and communication networks to move drugs into the Scranton area.<\/p>\n
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The investigation involved several agencies, including the Lackawanna County DA\u2019s Narcotics Unit, Pennsylvania State Police, and the Monroe County District Attorney\u2019s Office.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"SCRANTON, LACKWANNA CO. (WOLF) \u2014 Authorities say a multi-county drug trafficking operation that funneled narcotics into Scranton has…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":181340,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[178,180,179],"class_list":["post-181339","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-scranton","tag-scranton","tag-scranton-headlines","tag-scranton-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/181339","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=181339"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/181339\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/181340"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=181339"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=181339"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=181339"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}