SAN ANTONIO – Bexar County Sheriff Javier Salazar said two men have been arrested in connection with a drug bust on the East Side.
Salazar said the two suspects were allegedly gang-affiliated and produced narcotics at a home in the 200 block of Nelson Avenue.
BCSO identified both men as Justin Pickaree, 36, and Michael Dante Green Jr., 33.
The sheriff’s office said Pickaree faces two manufacture/delivery of a controlled substance charges and one prohibited weapons charge.
Green faces an unlawful possession of a firearm felony charge.
Pickaree and Green were taken into custody during a traffic stop after leaving the home located in the Denver Heights neighborhood, Salazar said.
According to Salazar, BCSO deputies and a SWAT team entered the residence and discovered an estimated $10,000 worth of drugs including:
- A one-half pound of powdered cocaine in brick form
- Several ounces of crack cocaine
- About a pound of methenamine
- Several pounds of marijuana
- THC vape cartridges
Salazar said he believes the suspects received the “powdered cocaine here and then cooked it out into crack.”
Additionally, at least two weapons were recovered, along with a stolen “high-end” pickup truck, Salazar said.
“It is highly likely they will be facing federal charges — if not for the drugs, then certainly for the weapons in conjunction with the drugs,” Salazar said, noting the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) assisted in the operation.
An assault rifle was also propped next to a window of the home “as if they were waiting for something,” Salazar said.
There had been multiple people walking in and out of the house in addition to those arrested, Salazar said.
The sheriff said BCSO had been working on the case for “several weeks.”
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