Lehigh Acres man arrested on drug trafficking charges

Writer: Joey Pellegrino
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Otis Salley. Credit: Lee County Sheriff’s Office

A Lehigh Acres man was arrested Monday after police found drugs, paraphernalia and cash at addresses connected to him.

On Friday, DEA agents and vice detectives with the Fort Myers Police Department searched three different locations for narcotics, one in Lehigh Acres and two in Fort Myers. Lw enforcement says Otis Lorenzo Salley, 51, was identified as a significant drug supplier for the Fort Myers area.

Salley was found at his home on Brookfield Street and was taken into custody Monday, and a search of his home revealed 286 grams of cocaine hydroxychloride, 706.1 grams of MDMA/methamphetamine mixture and an undetermined amount of cash. The search of a former barbershop on Henderson Avenue in Fort Myers, where agents believe Salley stored and manufactured crack cocaine, revealed 40 grams of cocaine, two fabricated “kilo” presses used to compress cocaine after it has been “cut,” and with numerous items of paraphernalia to manufacture and distribute crack cocaine.

Salley has a prior federal conviction for cocaine distribution and now faces charges of trafficking in cocaine, trafficking in MDMA/methamphetamine and possession of drug paraphernalia.

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