Lehigh County Commissioner and Bethlehem Proper-to-Know Officer Zachary Cole-Borghi has been arrested as a part of an expansive, three-year, multi-state drug ring investigation.
District Lawyer Gavin Holihan revealed Friday, {that a} sweeping narcotics operation led to the arrest of twenty-two people, together with Mr. Cole‑Borghi, reportedly nabbed Thursday, at his Metropolis Corridor workplace by the Lehigh County Drug Job Pressure with help from the Bethlehem Police Division.
In line with court docket paperwork, Cole‑Borghi faces fees of possession of 1 pound of marijuana with intent to ship.
He has since posted bail and was launched.
However that’s simply the tip of the iceberg. Authorities executed 26 search warrants and coordinated enforcement throughout Lehigh, Northampton, Montgomery counties, and even into New York, Illinois, and Wisconsin.
Daily Voice reported:
“The commissioner is one in every of greater than 20 folks charged in a case pushed by Lehigh County’s twelfth Investigating Grand Jury, which oversaw a probe spanning a number of years and involving federal, state, and native authorities.
The coordinated operation included arrests throughout Lehigh, Northampton, and Montgomery counties, in addition to in New York, Illinois, and Wisconsin, the DA defined.
In complete, investigators executed 26 search warrants, froze 283 monetary and cryptocurrency accounts, and seized:
- Greater than 2,000 kilos of marijuana
- Massive portions of THC liquid, cocaine, and MDMA capsules
- Over $100,000 in money
- A minimum of 25 firearms, together with semi-automatic rifles and ghost weapons
Two clandestine laboratories manufacturing unlawful THC merchandise had been additionally dismantled by Pennsylvania State Police through the raids.”