FREDERICKSBURG, Va. (WRIC) — A Fredericksburg man is in custody after police say more than 800 pressed fentanyl pills, as well as more than $10,000 in cash, were found in his home.
According to the Fredericksburg Police Department, officers searched an apartment on the 600 block of Greenbriar Court at around 6:30 p.m. on Tuesday, Feb. 13, expecting to find illegal drugs inside.
Inside the apartment, officers found more than 800 pressed fentanyl pills, around 300 grams of marijuana, more than $10,000 in cash and drug paraphernalia.
24-year-old Jaquan Mincy of Fredericksburg was arrested and charged with possession, manufacture or distribution of a weapon of terrorism containing fentanyl and possession of marijuana with intent to distribute. He is being held at Rappahannock Regional Jail without bond.
“The Fredericksburg Police Department is committed to actively investigating the distribution and use of illicit drugs and arresting those offenders,” said Fredericksburg Police Chief Brian Layton. “I’m very proud of our detectives and officers for removing these dangerous drugs from our community.”
According to police, the investigation was done in collaboration with Virginia State Police and the FBI Fredericksburg Regional Narcotics Task Force.
