Crack Cocaine, Heroin & Firearms: MET Arrests Pennsylvania Suspect in New Castle

Crack Cocaine, Heroin & FirearmsImage via New Castle County Police

NEW CASTLE, DE — Earlier this week, the Mobile Enforcement Team of the New Castle County Division of Police arrested 35-year-old Philip Epps from Pennsylvania in connection with firearm and drug dealing charges.

Authorities stated that officers had received information about a suspect selling crack cocaine and fentanyl near the unit block of Memorial Drive in New Castle. After conducting surveillance of the area, officers stopped Epps’ vehicle and identified him as the driver. A probable cause search of the vehicle uncovered drugs, firearms, ammunition, and cash leading to Epps’ arrest.

While searching the vehicle officers discovered a hidden trap that contained the following:

  • 682 bags of heroin
  • 8.8 ounces of crack cocaine
  • 16.41 grams of marijuana
  • A 9MM handgun with an obliterated serial number
  • A 45-caliber handgun
  • 37 rounds of ammunition
  • Drug paraphernalia to include packaging and scales
  • Over $15,000.00 in suspected drug proceeds

Philp Epps was transported to New Castle County Police Headquarters and charged with:

  • Two counts of possession of a deadly weapon during the commission of a felony
  • One felony count of Manufacture/Deliver/Possession with intent to deliver a substance in a tier 3 quantity
  • One felony count of possession of a controlled substance in a tier 3 quantity
  • Two felony counts of possession of a firearm by a person prohibited
  • One felony count of Manufacture/Deliver/Possession with intent to deliver a substance in a tier 2 quantity
  • One felony count of possession of a weapon with an obliterated serial number
  • Two felony counts of carrying a concealed deadly weapon
  • One felony count of possession of a controlled substance in a tier 2 quantity
  • One misdemeanor count of possession of drug paraphernalia not related to personal use
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He has been arraigned by the Justice of the Peace Court 11 and committed to Howard R Young Correctional Institution after failing to post $128,000.00 cash bail.

Information, a criminal complaint, or an arrest is not a declaration of guilt. A suspect, arrestee, or defendant is presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.

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