A Hamilton couple is going through a slew of charges after police seized roughly $1 million value of medicine within the metropolis.
Police responded to studies of a weapon being discovered inside a storage unit at a facility on Prichard Rd. round 3:30 p.m. Sunday.
Officers discovered an Israeli assault rifle, ammunition, about $200,000 value of cocaine, heroin, an industrial oven, a number of containers and chemical substances used to make cocaine.
Members of the Weapons and Gangs Unit continued the investigation and tracked down the homeowners of the unit at a house on Charlton Ave. East.
“Throughout the day on April 6, 2020, police conducted surveillance and observed the male leave the apartment building. He was safely arrested in the area of Upper Gage and Fennell Avenue East. The other owner was arrested at an address on the Hamilton Mountain,” mentioned Hamilton police in a information launch.
Investigators executed 5 search warrants on two autos, two house models, and a storage locker. Officers found 5 containers with roughly $750,000 of meth inside, a submachine gun, loaded magazines, fentanyl and bear spray.
Calvin Leung, 38, and Phoenix Stewart, 35, are going through quite a few drug trafficking and weapons-related charges.
They’re each at present being held in custody
