The Bexar County Sheriff’s Office is warning residents about illicit drug cocktails and potentially more dangerous drug mixtures hitting the streets.
Deputies said that a drug bust Thursday on an East Side residence found about 15 kilograms of methamphetamine mixed with 5 kilograms of heroin.
At a press briefing, Sheriff Javier Salazar said it is unusual to find the combination of these drugs out in the open and that there was a separate case this week involving a party drug called “tusi” or “pink cocaine,” which is a mix of ketamine and other substances.
The illegal drug mixture found in a concrete mixer at the 1519 Gorman residence was not “pink cocaine,” Salazar told reporters.
Roland Ramirez says he witnessed the drug bust happening in front of his home on Thursday and that it was a shock to neighbors.
Ramirez said he heard banging, saw a window get broken and tear gas thrown into the residence, but no confrontation happened because a man approached from the backyard toward the driveway with key in hand; he opened the gate for the police and gave himself up.
The street value of the narcotics confiscated is roughly $500,000, Salazar said.
In addition, at least seven firearms were found, including high-capacity magazines, rifles, handguns and shotguns.
The man arrested is an undocumented immigrant in his 40s or 50s who lived alone in the home, according to Salazar. The man will be booked into Bexar County Jail, facing felony charges for possession of illegal substance and intent to deliver an illegal substance.
“At present I wouldn’t be able to tell you if this gentleman that we found is a member of any certain cartel, but I can tell you — any time you find that kind of quantity of drugs, still packaged the way it was — most certainly it’s going to be cartel involvement,” Salazar told reporters during the live briefing.
The substances were found in “crude bundles.”
Salazar said he didn’t think the property was being used as a lab to create the illegal drugs, but it was a receiving point for the substances.
