Chester County Sheriff’s Office makes ‘largest fentanyl seizure to date’

CHESTER COUNTY, S.C. — The Chester County Sheriff’s Office has charged two people in the department’s “largest fentanyl seizure to date,” police said.

Deputies said they executed a search warrant at a residence on Berryhill Road last Friday where they seized an estimated 3.7 pounds of fentanyl, about 87 grams of crack cocaine, and around two pounds of marijuana.

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Chester County officials said investigators also seized 17 firearms, $91,060, and two vehicles.

Deputies arrested Travaris Dixon and Lamonica Dixon and charged them each with the following crimes: trafficking fentanyl 28 grams or more, trafficking crack cocaine 28 – 100 grams, possession with intent to distribute marijuana, and possession of a weapon during a violent crime.

The couple has five children and two were at home during the seizure. Two more were getting off the school bus during the search, the sheriff said.

Chester County police make ‘largest fentanyl seizure to date’ Deputies arrested Travaris Dixon (L) and Lamonica Dixon. (Chester County Sheriff’s Office)

Neighbor Alvin Fee was home Friday when detectives raided his neighbor’s house.

“I heard a flash bang and when you hear that, whoever in the house they want you out of there. I heard a boom,” said Fee.

“This is the largest fentanyl seizure ever seen in Chester County, and these drugs had the potential to kill more than 800,000 people,” Sheriff Max Dorsey said. “The lives of our citizens are too valuable to be wasted all because of selfish and money-hungry drug dealers wanting to prey on vulnerable people struggling with addiction.”

The street value of the drugs was about $250,000, the sheriff said.

Dorsey believes some of the drugs were made in China and funneled in through the southern border.

“We are hopeful that the initiatives that President Trump has undertaken to secure that border,” Dorsey said. “We’re hopeful that will help us locally to stop the flow of those illegal drugs.”

“I encourage families who know of people struggling with an opioid addiction to seek immediate help, because any delay could come at a deadly cost,” Dorsey added.

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