$26K in cash, guns and drugs seized during massive raid of Braddock home

ALLEGHENY CO., Pa. — Detectives located more than $26,000 in cash, guns and drugs from an Allegheny County home.

Narcotics detectives with the Allegheny County Police Department executed a search warrant Friday around noon at a home in the 200 block of 1st Street in Braddock following a months-long investigation, according to a release.

During the raid, detectives seized several items and cash related to the investigation, including the following:

• .45 caliber handgun (reported stolen out of Oakmont)
• .45 caliber ammunition
• Bullet-proof ballistic vest
• 10 pounds of marijuana
• Packaging material for marijuana distribution
• $26,656.00 in cash
• 1871 MDMA (ecstasy) tablets
• Half ounce of MDMA powder
• THC oil
• Numerous pre-rolled hashish cigars
• 11 grams of THC wax
• Numerous THC vape cartridges
• Oxycodone pills

Officials said two men were arrested during the raid – Dontae Jackson and Melvin McCane. Jackson was charged with felony possession with intent to deliver, felony manufacturing, carrying a firearm without a license, receiving stolen property, and endangering the welfare of a child. McCane was charged with felony possession with intent to deliver.

Both men were taken to the Allegheny County Jail and are awaiting preliminary arraignments.

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