Wheeling police seize $200K worth of drugs in raid

CBS News Pittsburgh

WHEELING, W. Va. (KDKA) - Two people are facing charges after Wheeling police seized about $200,000 worth of drugs. 

Wheeling police said a search warrant at a home on Jones Street in Elm Grove turned up a "significant amount" of narcotics.

Police said they found two kilograms of cocaine, more than 70 grams of crack cocaine, 2.5 pounds of marijuana and about $5,000 in cash. Police estimated the drugs had a street value of $204,100. 

Christopher Parks was charged with two felony counts of possession with intent to deliver and Aubrey Kemp is being held as a fugitive from justice on a charge out of Belmont County, Ohio. 

Police said the Ohio Valley Drug Task Force and the Belmont County Criminal Interdiction Unit also helped with the investigation. 

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