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Cocaine arrest made in Chanhassen

March 18, 2008 - 9:32am — rcraw
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Carver County Sheriff Byron ‘Bud’ Olson announced that on March 10, 2008 members of the Carver County Sheriff’s Office and the Southwest Metro Drug Task Force conducted a narcotics investigation involving drug trafficking in the City of Chanhassen.

They recovered over 3 ounces of powder cocaine with a street value of over $3,300, and arrested two St. Paul, Minnesota men for drug sale and possession.

Officers stopped a vehicle driven by Mathaniel Jude Mendez age, 30 of St. Paul and searched the vehicle in the City of Chanhassen.

The vehicle contained over 85 grams of suspected cocaine. Mendez was arrested for first degree sale and possession of a controlled substance.

The passenger, Jayson Christopher Hicks, age 23, also of St. Paul, was found in possession of a smaller amount of suspected cocaine.
The SWMDTF seized the 1996 Chevrolet Suburban.

On March 12, 2008, Mathaniel Mendez was charged in Carver County District Court with first degree sale and possession of a controlled substance, a charge punishable by up to 86 months in prison.

Hicks was released pending formal charges.


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Southwest Metro Drug Task Force
2006 Statistics

Drug-related arrests 181
Seized cocaine 5,304 grams (street value, $530,400)


Submitted by FAdams on March 18, 2008 - 3:15pm.

Sgt. Dellwo from the SWMDTF...

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Sgt. Dellwo from the SWMDTF said they had surveillance on Mendez for a couple months before they nabbed him.


Submitted by FAdams on March 19, 2008 - 11:09am.

Dellwo called the 85 grams...

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Dellwo called the 85 grams of "suspected cocaine" that were seized “a fairly significant seizure amount for our area.”
It weighs more than three ounces and amounts to eight-and-a-half times the level of cocaine that is chargeable as a first-degree felony offense under state law, said Carver County Sheriff Byron ‘Bud’ Olson.

Four agents from SWMDTF and two deputies from the Carver County Sheriff’s Office took part in the bust, which happened when the suspect vehicle, driven by Mathaniel Jude Mendez, pulled into the pre-determined “meet spot” at 6:50 p.m. Monday, March 10. They were near the intersection of Lake Drive and Great Plains Boulevard in Chanhassen.

Read more about this arrest in this week's edition of the Chanhassen Villager.


Submitted by FAdams on March 20, 2008 - 10:30am.

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