Heroin, fentanyl seized during search warrant in Racine

RACINE, Wis. (CBS 58) -- One person has been taken into custody and drugs were seized during a search warrant on Thursday.

Agents from the Racine County Metro Drug Unit and a K-9 Deputy executed the search warrant around 6:38 a.m. in the 1000 block of Pearl Street.

Several controlled buys of heroin with the suspect inside the home were previously conducted.

During the search of the home, officers located 5.1 grams of fentanyl which was packaged in separate gem bags, 2.9 grams of heroin which was packaged in sixteen separate plastic baggie corners, a loaded handgun, quest cards in the suspect's name, and a cell phone.

The suspect is a convicted felon who is on federal probation for the distribution of heroin that resulted in a death.

The suspect is now facing several more charges including manufacture/deliver heroin, maintaining a drug trafficking place, manufacture/deliver of narcotics, and possession with intent to deliver narcotics.