WILKES-BARRE, LUZERNE COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — A drug investigation in south Wilkes-Barre by the Pennsylvania Attorney General's Office resulted in the seizure of large amounts of drugs and cash, according to court documents.
Agents with the Pennsylvania Attorney General's Office said on April 4, after a months-long drug investigation, they arrested Harry George Vega, 35, of Wilkes-Barre, while serving a search warrant at his Marjorie Avenue home.
Agents said during the execution of the warrant, they discovered a backpack in a laundry room on the first floor that contained several bags of crystal methamphetamine, 50 packets of fentanyl, 23 Oxycodone pills, a digital scale, and about $3,200 in cash.
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While searching the rest of the home, agents found an additional $88,000 in cash, a money counter, money bands, more meth, and five Suboxone pills, according to court records.
In total, agents said they confiscated a total of 1,080 grams (about 2.4 lbs.) of crystal meth and $92,450.00 in cash.
During an interview at Wilkes-Barre City Police Headquarters, Vega told police he would receive approximately three to eight pounds of meth every two or three months and would profit anywhere between $600 to $800 per pound after it was sold.
Vega was taken to the Luzerne County Correctional Facility on drug-related charges.
