A police raid on an Eighth Avenue home a week ago resulted in a felony drug-trafficking arrest and the seizure of cocaine and about $12,000 in small bills.
Sarasota Police, in a news release about the Jan. 16 arrest, said SWAT and other detectives acted on a CrimeStoppers tip in serving a search warrant in the 2100 block of Eighth Avenue, which is between Lime Avenue and U.S. 301.
Lazaro Armando Rodriguez Gomez, 65, was charged with trafficking in cocaine, more than 400 grams and misdemeanor possession of drug paraphernalia. He was sentenced in 2005 to six months in the Sarasota County Jail on a conviction of cocaine possession with intent to sell, court records show.
In a probable-cause affidavit filed as part of the latest investigation, investigators noted that on Jan. 8, an undercover detective and a “confidential source,’’ purchased $900 of cocaine from the address at which the raid took place, less than 100 feet from Shenandoah Park at the corner of East Avenue…