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Narcotics Raid Puts West Hazleton Man Behind Bars

6/20/2019

 
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​On June 20th, 2019, the West Hazleton Police Department along with agents from the Luzerne County Drug Task Force, comprised of members of the Hazleton City Police Department Narcotics Unit and Special Operations Group, as well as members of the Sugarloaf and Butler Township Police Departments, executed a search warrant at 18 South Warren Street, West Hazleton, to conclude a month's long investigation into illegal narcotic sales from that residence.

As a result of the search warrant, investigators seized approximately 40 grams of crack cocaine, two scales, a Glock pistol, and a large amount of packaging materials.  Also located inside the residence was 32 year old Randell Brutton Scott of West Hazleton, who was arrested and charged with one felony count each of Possession with the Intent to Deliver a Controlled Substance and Possession of a Firearm Prohibited.  Brutton Scott was arraigned by Magistrate James Dixon and remanded to the Luzerne County Correctional Facility without bail.
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