Pounds of Meth Among Drugs Seized in Major Rochester-Area Drug Bust
Rochester, MN (KROC-AM News)- Law enforcement seized pounds of methamphetamine along with cocaine and prescription pills from a Minneapolis man over the course of a multi-month drug investigation.
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That’s according to a pair of criminal complaints filed in Olmsted County Court Monday. The Olmsted County Sheriff's Office led the investigation, which involved at least two controlled buys.
The first of the two cases against 27-year-old Burhan Mohamed Hassan started in April when he sold 29 grams of suspected cocaine to a law enforcement informant in the parking lot of a Rochester business in the 1300 block of Salem Rd. Southwest, according to the case’s criminal complaint.
Earlier this month, law enforcement conducted a second controlled buy in Byron with a confidential informant. Hassan sold the informant 2.87 pounds of meth, the complaint in the second case says.
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Authorities then followed Hassan’s vehicle following the controlled buy in Byron and pulled him over on Hwy. 14 in southeast Rochester, the complaint says. Hassan was arrested and his vehicle was transported to the Olmsted County Adult Detention Center.
A search of the vehicle, granted by a search warrant, led to the discovery of 6.05 pounds of methamphetamine and 111 pills that were identified as Oxycodone Hydrochloride, according to the court document.
Hassan is charged with one count of first-degree drug sales in the April case. He also faces a first-degree drug sales charge in the September case along with first and third-degree drug possession and obstructing the legal process.
His conditional bail in each case was set at $150,000 on Monday. Hasson is due back in court next month.
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