St. Lucie County Sheriff’s Office testing other packages for explosives

St. Lucie County Sheriff’s Office  testing other packages for explosives.
Investigators with the St. Lucie County Sheriff’s Office are testing other packages found in a storage unit.
Yesterday,we reported that a pill manufacturing operation was uncovered at a Port St Lucie storage facility.

Now, investigators with the St. Lucie County Sheriff’s Office are testing other packages found in a storage unit to see if the person who admitted to manufacturing narcotic was also making explosives.

A tip from the community led to the identification of a storage unit at Uncle Bob’s Storage off of U.S. 1. Detectives observed 22-year old Dillon Hill entering and exiting the unit multiple times. A search warrant was obtained and large amounts of methylone-producing materials were located inside . LSD was also found. According to Sheriff Mascara, approximately 7,700 molly pills, weighing 775 grams, were located in the storage unit and enough raw materials to double that amount. The street value of these pills are estimated at more than $100 thousand. In addition to the items found in the storage unit, the vehicle Hill was located in also included marijuana in small, distributable quantities, a large sum of cash and Ectasy.

The forensic tests on this will be back next week.

 

 

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