Drug raid...
by News Department on 06/11/15Five Schuylkill County men are among 24 people who were charged Wednesday in connection with the break-up, by the Berks County District Attorney’s Office, of a drug trafficking organization.
The Republican Herald reports that according to according to Berks County District Attorney John T. Adams the haul from the organization, which operated in Berks and Schuylkill counties, included drugs with a street value of more than $300,000 and 73 firearms.
The five Schuylkill County men charged in what law enforcement authorities termed Operation Ice-Out included: 49 year old Daniel P. Close, of Pottsville, 42 year old James L. Hall, of Ringtown, 43 year old Brian K. O’Connell, of Gilberton, 40 year old Achille L. Walker, of Pottsville and John H. Wayne, of Ashland. However, law enforcement officials did not specify the charges against each defendant.
Of the 24 men charged in the operation, 12 already were incarcerated before Wednesday, three were arrested Wednesday and nine remain at large.
