After fentanyl sale in Binghamton apartment, police showed up. Here's what officers found.
After a confidential police informant made controlled purchases of fentanyl from a Tompkins Street apartment in Binghamton, a SWAT team showed up Nov. 12 and detained five people.
One of them was 31-year-old Dupray Jordan, an alleged member of the Bloods gang who later admitted to police that he sold drugs as a way to make money to support himself.
Fentanyl, crystal meth and two firearms were among the items seized during the search.
A week after the arrest, the U.S. Attorney's Office charged Jordan with federal crimes connected to the drug bust: felony counts of possession of a firearm by a convicted felon and possession with intent to sell a controlled substance.
Jordan was scheduled to make an appearance Friday in Binghamton's federal courthouse to answer the charges. Since his arrest Nov. 12, he's been held in the Broome County jail on state-level charges.
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What police found in Binghamton drug bust
The Broome County Special Investigations Unit Task Force obtained the search warrant Nov. 8, after the controlled fentanyl purchase.
During the search, police said the following items were seized:
16.7 grams of fentanyl.
12.1 grams of crystal methamphetamine.
Drug paraphernalia, including packaging items and digital scales.
A loaded .38-caliber revolver.
A loaded .22-caliber firearm with a “silencer” attached to it.
Brass knuckles and a metal knuckle knife.
Illegally possessed suboxone sublingual strips.
The fentanyl was found in Jordan's front pants pocket, court documents say. One firearm was on the living room floor.
Based on the amount of fentanyl seized and his admissions, court documents say, investigators believed the fentanyl was intended to be sold and not for personal use.
Three other people were charged with drug-related crimes after the search. A fifth person in the apartment was released without facing charges.
When questioned by police, Jordan also admitted that he recently used a gun to pistol-whip another man in the face, an act that broke the trigger guard.
Court documents say Jordan has two prior felony convictions, one of them for assault, for which he served four years in prison.
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This article originally appeared on Binghamton Press & Sun-Bulletin: Binghamton drug bust: How police found fentanyl in apartment
