WILMINGTON, DE — A 29-year-old Wilmington man faces multiple felony drug and firearm charges after New Castle County police reported seizing more than 3,100 bags of suspected heroin or fentanyl, crack cocaine, and a loaded handgun during searches at two locations.
The New Castle County Division of Police identified the defendant as D’Andre Murphy, who was arrested Oct. 11 following an investigation into suspected narcotics distribution throughout the county.
According to police, detectives assigned to the Drug and Human Trafficking Investigations Team began investigating Murphy in July 2026 over allegations that he was distributing illegal drugs in New Castle County.
On Sunday, Oct. 11, detectives executed a search warrant in the 500 block of West Seventh Street in New Castle, where they located Murphy and took him into custody.
Investigators subsequently executed a second search warrant in the 100 block of North DuPont Street in Wilmington.
Across the two locations, detectives reported recovering approximately 3,165 bags of suspected heroin or fentanyl, 89 grams of crack cocaine, drug-related paraphernalia, and a loaded .40-caliber handgun.
Murphy was transported to New Castle County Police Headquarters and charged with two felony counts of Tier 3 possession with intent to deliver a controlled substance and two felony counts of Tier 3 possession of a controlled substance.
He also faces one felony count of possession of a firearm during the commission of a felony, one felony count of possession of a deadly weapon by a person prohibited and one misdemeanor count of possession of drug paraphernalia.
Murphy was arraigned in Justice of the Peace Court 7 and committed to Howard R. Young Correctional Institution after failing to post $128,000 cash bail, according to police.
All suspects, arrestees, and defendants are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.
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