PD: Multiple packages of meth seized after intercepted drug deal

EDWARDSVILLE, LUZERNE COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — Police say a man was arrested after officers intercepted a drug deal at an Edwardsville apartment complex.

According to the Edwardsville Police Department, officers were called to the Hilltop Apartment Complex on Monday around 6:00 p.m. after a complaint was reported that two men were sitting inside a parked truck.

Officers said they arrived at the complex, watched the truck, and saw a man later identified as Naasir Morrison, 23, of Wilkes-Barre, exit an apartment and walk toward the two men in the car.

Police say they approached the truck and the two inside told them they were there to buy $20 worth of methamphetamine.

A search warrant was executed for the apartment Morrison was seen leaving and inside investigators seized packaged bags of suspected methamphetamine, bags of suspected marijuana, and a 9mm handgun with an altered serial number, as stated in the affidavit.

Morrison was charged with possession of a firearm with an altered serial number, criminal attempt to deliver a controlled substance and other related drug and gun offenses.

He remains in the Luzerne County Correctional Facility on a $10,000 bail.

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