VOLUSIA COUNTY, Fla. – A man and a woman face a host of drug charges after a search of their Daytona Beach home uncovered cocaine, fentanyl, methamphetamine and oxycodone, according to the Volusia County Sheriff’s Office.
Officials said that around 6 a.m. on Friday, the East Volusia Narcotics Task Force with assistance from Volusia County SWAT and the Volusia Bureau of Investigation executed a narcotics search warrant at a home on Pelican Bay Road.
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According to a news release, the warrant was issued after an “extended investigation into complaints” of the person in the home was involved in large-scale narcotics sales of cocaine and fentanyl.
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Deputies said they located Rakim Shabazz and his girlfriend Sheanett Range in a master bedroom area while two children were located in separate bedrooms on the opposite side of the house
According to the release, once the children were released to a family friend, a search of the home found more than 18 kilos of powder cocaine, trafficking amounts of crack cocaine, fentanyl, methamphetamine and oxycodone.
In addition, a kilo press, sifters, mannitol powder and blenders with cocaine and fentanyl residue were located, indicating Shabazz and Range were manufacturing and cutting narcotics within the residence.
Deputies said that Shabazz and Range were arrested and taken to the Volusia County Branch Jail. They face numerous counts of trafficking in narcotics in addition to child neglect charges since “numerous items of narcotics and narcotics paraphernalia were located throughout the residence and readily accessible to the children.”
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