CMPD officers charge man after large drug stash seized in Charlotte

CHARLOTTE (QUEEN CITY NEWS) — Officers with Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police’s Westover Division arrested a man after large amounts of suspected narcotics were seized from a home in west Charlotte.

Officers received a tip that a residence in the 2000 block of Piedmont Hills Place was allegedly housing narcotics. After further investigation, officers executed a search warrant on the home and seized:

  • Four firearms, two of which were stolen
  • Approximately 352.3 grams of suspected Promethazine
  • Approximately 30 suspected Amphetamine pills
  • Approximately 226.7 grams suspected Fentanyl
  • Approximately 121.4 grams of suspected Heroin
  • Approximately 859.5 grams of suspected Marijuana Oil
  • Approximately 12,780.9 grams of suspected Marijuana Wax
  • Approximately 9,804.5 grams of suspected Marijuana
  • Approximately 136 grams of suspected Marijuana-infused food
  • Approximately 916.7 grams of suspected Psilocybin
  • 368 rounds of ammo
  • Seven magazines
  • Two gas masks
  • Six scales
  • Two grinders
  • One set of body armor
  • Approximately $1,989 in U.S. currency

Police say many of the narcotics were packaged and branded “in a manner for sale or distribution.”

As a result of the investigation, police arrested Daniel Torres, 25, and charged him with Trafficking Fentanyl, Trafficking Heroin, Trafficking Marijuana, Possession of a Schedule II Controlled Substance, PWISD a Schedule I Controlled Substance, Possession of a Stolen Firearm, Possession of Marijuana Paraphernalia and Possession of Drug Paraphernalia…

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