State police netted 2,050 stamp bags of suspected heroin and more than $2,100 in cash Wednesday in a South Greensburg bust that led to the arrest of one man.
Chyrone Lamar Rodgers, 32, is charged with possession of and intent to deliver the controlled substance. He was arrested without incident when a state police Special Emergency Response Team served a search warrant as part of an ongoing drug investigation at the house where he was living in the 1700 block of Broad Street.
According to court documents, police found the suspected heroin in a refrigerator while the cash was uncovered in an upstairs bedroom closet. Police also seized two cell phones.
Authorities estimate the drugs have a street value of close to $20,000, according to Trooper Steve Limani, a public information officer with the state police in Greensburg.
“It’s right on the main drag,” Limani said of the house. “We brought our SERT team in in the interest of safety.”
Limani described the suspect as a higher-level dealer locally. “This guy is a bigger fish than the average Joe,” Limani said. “We’re glad we were able to get him off the street without anybody getting hurt.”
No additional arrests are immediately pending in the investigation, he said.
South Greensburg police, Westmoreland County detectives and the state police vice unit assisted.
Rodgers is lodged in the Westmoreland County Prison. He was arraigned before District Judge Charles Conway, who denied bond, saying the suspect as a flight risk.
Rodgers also was charged with possession of marijuana and drug paraphernalia on Sept. 12, 2019, in North Huntingdon.
According to Allegheny County court documents, he is charged with possession and intent to deliver a controlled substance on Aug. 7, 2019, in Wilkinsburg, and with possession of marijuana and carrying a firearm without a license on June 11, 2018, in McKeesport.
