2/24/17
by News Department on 02/24/17Drug bust...
33 year old Brian James O’Doherty, of Mar Lin, was jailed after a Thursday morning search warrant netted illegal drugs with a street value of more than $63,000 along with a handgun, cash and items of drug paraphernalia.
According to the Republican Herald, members of the state police Special Emergency Response Team, assisted by the Schuylkill County Drug Task Force and municipal officers, executed the warrant at the O’Doherty home about 6:05 a.m.
Authorities said the investigation then moved into nearby Minersville where a Kia sedan was seized and searched with investigators found heroin, cocaine and methamphetamine.
Also found and seized were about 12 ounces of marijuana, packaging materials and a digital scale.
Troopers say the investigation is ongoing and that additional arrests are pending.
O’Doherty was arraigned by Magisterial District Judge David A. Plachko, Port Carbon, and committed to Schuylkill County Prison unable to post $100,000 straight cash bail.
