Man accused of being an Allentown-based drug trafficker arrested

An accused Allentown-based drug trafficker has been arrested after authorities seized more than six kilograms of cocaine, five handguns, as well as a ghost gun with a high-capacity magazine, Pennsylvania Attorney General Dave Sunday announced on Thursday.

Angel F. Gil, 32, is charged with felony drug-trafficking and six counts of possession of a prohibited firearm, due to prior felony convictions for drug trafficking and firearms possession.

Officials said they had been investigating Gil as a cocaine trafficker in the Lehigh and Northampton County regions.

Two search warrants were then executed on Wednesday at two residences — one on Greenleaf Street in Allentown and the other on Bangor Road in Nazareth — as well as two vehicles connected to Gil…

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