Task force finds drugs, guns and nearly $100K in northern Minnesota home

The bust took place at a home in Virginia, Minn.

October 23, 2022 at 4:41PM

Law enforcement officers in Virginia, Minn., seized a large amount of guns, drugs and nearly $100,000 in cash last week, officials said.

The Lake Superior Violent Offender Task Force was carrying out a search warrant in a 22-year-old man's house on Oct. 18 when they found two guns and more than 28 pounds of drugs, the St. Louis County Sheriff's Office said in a release Friday.

The stash included psilocybin mushrooms, suspected heroin, ecstasy pills, LSD doses, marijuana and other pills, officials said.

Officers arrested the man for violating his probation and requested new charges, including first- and second-degree sales of controlled substances, the release said. He had previously pleaded guilty to lesser assault and possession charges and received a stay of adjudication.

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