Nearly 14,000 fentanyl pills found during search of Prince George’s Co. home

Nine men were arrested after a police search inside a Prince George’s County, Maryland, home on Thursday turned up nearly 14,000 fentanyl pills, cocaine and guns, authorities said.

The Prince George’s County Police Department’s Gang Unit and Emergency Services Team executed the search warrant for an apartment at 5406 Hamilton Street in the Hyattsville area. Inside the home, police said officers found 13,825 fentanyl pills, cocaine and three firearms.

(Courtesy Prince George’s County Police Department)

Police said nine people who were inside the apartment were arrested:

  • 31-year-old Sean Floyd of Bladensburg
  • 31-year-old Steven Abdul Johnson of Greenbelt
  • 30-year-old Francisco Orellana of Riverdale
  • 22-year-old Antonio Sanchez-Ramirez of Riverdale
  • 28-year-old Javier Reyes-Guzman of Hyattsville
  • 33-year-old Fernando Guzman of Glen Burnie
  • 22-year-old Marbin Hernandez-Alavarez of Riverdale
  • 20-year-old Erick Rivera-Arguera of no fixed address
  • 22-year-old Walter Flores-Mejia of Riverdale

All nine men face drug trafficking, firearms and other drug related charges.

“Fentanyl is killing far too many Americans, and we are determined to arrest those who bring fentanyl into our community,” said Zachary O’Lare, deputy chief of PGPD’s Bureau of Investigations. “This is the opportunity to educate our children, our teens, our preteens, on what fentanyl is and the danger that it brings.”

Anyone with information on this case who would like to speak to a detective may call 301-517-2900.

Below is a map of where police said the drugs were found:

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Thomas Robertson

Thomas Robertson is an Associate Producer and Web Writer/Editor at WTOP. After graduating in 2019 from James Madison University, Thomas moved away from Virginia for the first time in his life to cover the local government beat for a small daily newspaper in Zanesville, Ohio.

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