Nearly 120 packets of fentanyl, 24g cocaine seized during search of Lancaster County home

LANCASTER COUNTY, Pa. (WHP) — More than 100 packets of heroin/fentanyl were seized Wednesday evening from a Lancaster apartment, leading to the arrest of a man on drug and firearm-related charges.

Around 5 p.m. on July 15, the Lancaster City Police Bureau’s Selective Enforcement Unit (SEU) searched an apartment at the first block of South Ann Street in Lancaster after a weeks-long investigation.

Charles Shipp was detained by officers while leaving the apartment before it was searched, the police said in a release.

Inside the home, officers said they seized:

  • One hundred and seventeen packets of heroin/fentanyl
  • Around 24 grams of cocaine
  • Thirteen bags of hallucinogenic mushrooms
  • Forty-three suboxone tablets
  • Twenty oxycodone tablets
  • Eighteen alprazolam tablets
  • Five Percocet tablets
  • Various quantities of marijuana and methamphetamine
  • Several items related to drug paraphernalia
  • More than $850 in cash

Additionally, officers said they found a handgun, which Shipp was prohibited from owning…

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