LEXINGTON PARK, Md. – Detectives from the St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office Criminal Investigations Division executed search and seizure warrants on Wednesday, October 16, at a residence in the 22000 block of Rue Woods Drive in Lexington Park, recovering approximately 685 grams of a controlled dangerous substance (CDS), suspected to be a mixture of fentanyl and heroin.
Following an investigation into suspected drug trafficking activities, detectives obtained warrants to search the residence and person of Daisaun Altay Eric Culpepper, 31. During the search, law enforcement recovered numerous tied-off bags containing the suspected fentanyl-heroin mixture, digital scales with CDS residue, over $6000 in currency, and CDS packaging materials.
Culpepper was arrested on an open Circuit Court warrant for violation of probation from a prior CDS distribution charge, transported to the St. Mary’s County Detention and Rehabilitation Center in Leonardtown, and charged with the following:
- CDS: possession with intent to distribute narcotics
- CDS possession with intent to distribute a dangerous mixture containing heroin and fentanyl
- CDS: possession of a large amount
- CDS: possession – not cannabis
The suspect remains in custody at the Detention Center awaiting a bond hearing.
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