Drug Bust in Simpsonville.
The Greenville County Multi-Jurisdictional Drug Enforcement Unit has dismantled a fentanyl/methamphetamine pill operation at 402 New Harrison Bridge Road in Simpsonville.
Greenville SWAT served a search warrant on the residence June 23rd after a months long investigation of pill distribution.
According to a press release, "Investigators found a substantial quantity of finished fentanyl tablets that weighed close to one pound, 3 ½ ounces of Ecstasy, 2 ounces of crack cocaine, a pound of marijuana, $7451.00 and three firearms. Additionally 11 pounds of compression binding agent was found along with two mechanical pill presses, [which] are capable of pressing out hundreds of pills an hour."
Five were arrested in the bust - Jalien Travis White, 26; Christopher Slappy, 36; Christy Michelle Washington, 40; Pursia Natia Reidout, 23 and Ebony Nichole Cunningham, 29.
Charges range from Possession to Trafficking.
Official Press Release from the Greenville County Multi-Jurisdictional Drug Enforcement Unit below:
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