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Juan Alberto Alicea-Burgos, 44, in July was identified by the Berks County District Attorney’s Drug Task Force as a known drug dealer to Reading residents, officials said.
He was arrested by Berks County Detectives on August 6 at his home in the 200 block of Hudson Street. A search warrant turned up $8,000 worth of drugs and more, authorities said.
The total search found:
- One Glock 9mm semi-auto handgun (under further investigation)
- Five gun magazines with assorted ammunition
- 27 packages of Suboxone
- Approximately 100 grams of marijuana
- Six packets of powder cocaine
- A bulk quantity of powder cocaine
- Nine unknown pills (under further investigation)
- 288 packets of crack cocaine
- A bulk quantity of crack cocaine
- 107 packets of Heroin/Fentanyl
- Assorted packaging material, numerous drug paraphernalia items related to processing
- Fentanyl, heroin, cocaine and crack cocaine for street sales
- One cellphone
- An unreported amount of apparent drug proceeds
Juan Alberto Alicea-Burgos was subsequently sent to the Berks County Sheriff’s Department Central Processing Center for processing and is awaiting preliminary arraignment on charges of possession with intent to deliver, possession of fentanyl, heroin, cocaine, marijuana, and possession of drug aaraphernalia.
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