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TUCSON, Ariz. (13 News) – The Tucson Police Department announced the arrest of a suspected drug dealer and the recovery of fentanyl pills and weapons.
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The TPD says the Eastside Community Response Team started an investigation last month into a suspected drug dealer operating along the Craycroft Road corridor.
Officers identified a local motel as the suspect’s area of operation and obtained search warrants for his residence, motel room, and vehicles.
Police arrested the suspect after a brief foot pursuit.
The TPD says officers also recovered a stolen AR-15 pistol, more than $17,000 in cash, hundreds of fentanyl pills, methamphetamine, and crack cocaine.
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