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Weapons, Drugs, Cash Seized in Raid

SCHUYLKILL COUNTY — State police and the Schuylkill County district attorney announced the bust of a coast-to-coast drug trafficking operation. The ring t...
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SCHUYLKILL COUNTY -- State police and the Schuylkill County district attorney announced the bust of a coast-to-coast drug trafficking operation.

The ring trafficked drug from San Diego, California into Schuylkill County.

In total, 10 people from Schuylkill County have been arrested and more are wanted.

Police executed 14 search warrants over the weekend and made the arrests.

"There should be no doubt in anyone's mind that the message being sent today is: Don't bring drugs to Schuylkill County. You will not prosper," said Schuylkill County District Attorney Christine Holman.

A total of 13 people from within Schuylkill County are accused of trafficking the drug methamphetamine across the county into the Seltzer area.

At the state police barracks near Schuylkill Haven, a news conference was held to show off what "Operation Seltzer" seized.

Along with an arsenal of guns, more than nine pounds of meth was seized with a street value of nearly $200,000.

Another $100,000 in cash was confiscated.

In one of the 14 raids that took place over the weekend, police found nine pipe bombs.

"Our troopers were absolutely surprised to encounter pipe bombs, obviously a dangerous situation," said Schuylkill Haven State Police Captain Cristal Turner-Childs.

Even though state police call Operation Seltzer a major drug bust, they know it's not stopping even a fraction of the drugs going into Schuylkill County.

"We'd like to tell you it's going to put a dent in the business here. It's not. This is just a tiny portion of what is out there. But we are going to be out there on a daily basis, because there are people to replace these people," said State Police Troop L Sgt. Fred Krute.

Bail for some of the alleged drug dealers was set as high as $1 million, and authorities hope the investigation will lead to more arrests and get more drugs off the streets.

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