Two people were arrested in Port Charlotte after deputies searched a home and found drugs, the Charlotte County Sheriff’s Office said.
Jonathan King, 35, faces charges of trafficking in fentanyl, possession of a controlled substance (methamphetamine), possession of a controlled substance (methadone), possession of a controlled substance (buprenorphine hydrochloride) and possession of drug paraphernalia.
King was denied bond.
Mariah Merchant, 29, faces a charge of possession of drug paraphernalia. Bond was set at $2,500.
The home searched was located in the 3100 block of Brooklyn Avenue.
Deputies found $3,800 in cash on King and a baggie containing 7.8 grams of methamphetamine. Deputies also found trace amounts of fentanyl in his hands, the Charlotte County Sheriff’s Office said.
Deputies discovered a safe in the master bedroom that contained 56 various pills and a digital scale. The pills were identified as Buprenorphine Hydrochloride (x13), Methadone Hydrochloride (x25), and Naproxen (x18 – not a controlled substance).
Inside other bedrooms, deputies found 24.6 grams of fentanyl, 7.5 grams of methamphetamine, 3 Pyrex smoking pipes, a bottle of methadone and three unidentified pills.