WILMINGTON, DE — Wilmington Police have arrested a 40-year-old man on multiple drug charges following a long-term investigation into alleged illegal narcotics sales in the city.
Authorities reported that since February, members of the Wilmington Police Gun Intelligence Unit, working alongside the FBI Task Force, had been investigating suspected drug activity in the 1000 block of Coleman Street.
On August 22, at approximately 2:55 p.m., officers conducted a vehicle stop in the same block and took Josue Perez of Wilmington into custody without incident. Following the arrest, investigators executed a search warrant at a residence in the area, which they say led to the recovery of one kilogram of cocaine and drug paraphernalia.
Perez has been charged with possession of a controlled substance in Tier 3 quantity, possession of a controlled substance with intent to deliver, maintaining a drug property, and possession of drug paraphernalia. He was arraigned in Justice of the Peace Court 11 and subsequently committed to the Howard R. Young Correctional Institution on $75,000 cash-only bail.
It is important to note that all defendants are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.
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