<body><div><figure><img src="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?type=thumbnail_580x000&amp;url=0Soohf_0vhhKgxw00" alt="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?url=0Soohf_0vhhKgxw00" width="980" height="653" ><figcaption>TJ Leverentz</figcaption></figure><p>Rochester, MN (<a href="https://krocnews.com/">KROC-AM News</a>)- Law enforcement seized pounds of <a href="https://krocnews.com/tags/drugs">methamphetamine</a> along with cocaine and prescription pills from a <a href="https://krocnews.com/tags/minneapolis">Minneapolis</a> man over the course of a multi-month drug investigation. </p><p>That’s according to a pair of criminal complaints filed in <a href="https://krocnews.com/tags/olmsted-county">Olmsted County</a> Court Monday. The <a href="https://krocnews.com/tags/olmsted-county-sheriff">Olmsted County Sheriff's Office</a> led the investigation, which involved at least two controlled buys. </p><p>The first of the two cases against <b>27-year-old Burhan Mohamed Hassan</b> started in April when he sold 29 grams of suspected cocaine to a law enforcement informant in the parking lot of a Rochester business in the 1300 block of Salem Rd. Southwest, according to the case’s criminal complaint. </p><p>Earlier this month, law enforcement conducted a second controlled buy in <a href="https://krocnews.com/tags/byron">Byron</a> with a confidential informant. Hassan sold the informant 2.87 pounds of meth, the complaint in the second case says. </p><h2>Traffic Stop Leads to Seizure of More Than 6 Pounds of Meth in Rochester, MN</h2><p>Authorities then followed Hassan’s vehicle following the controlled buy in Byron and pulled him over on Hwy. 14 in southeast <a href="https://krocnews.com/tags/rochester">Rochester</a>, the complaint says. Hassan was arrested and his vehicle was transported to the Olmsted County Adult Detention Center. </p><figure><img src="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?type=thumbnail_580x000&amp;url=22fmHU_0vhhKgxw00" alt="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?url=22fmHU_0vhhKgxw00" width="549" height="671" ><figcaption>Google</figcaption></figure><p><b>A search of the vehicle, granted by a search warrant, led to the discovery of 6.05 pounds of methamphetamine and 111 pills that were identified as Oxycodone Hydrochloride, according to the court document. </b></p><figure><img src="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?type=thumbnail_580x000&amp;url=1cZmKi_0vhhKgxw00" alt="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?url=1cZmKi_0vhhKgxw00" width="744" height="219" ><figcaption>Hassan complaint. Olmsted County Court</figcaption></figure><p>Hassan is charged with one count of <a href="https://krocnews.com/tags/crime">first-degree drug sales</a> in the April case. He also faces a first-degree drug sales charge in the September case along with first and third-degree drug possession and obstructing the legal process. </p><p>His conditional bail in each case was set at $150,000 on Monday. Hasson is due back in court next month.</p><h2>5 Things That Will Get You Kicked Out Of A Minnesota Vikings Game</h2><p>Minnesota Vikings Fan Code of Conduct: The Vikings organization says the goal of these rules is to make US Bank a fun and friendly place for fans to gather for the game.</p></div></body>

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Pounds of Meth Among Drugs Seized in Major Rochester-Area Drug Bust

Rochester, MN (KROC-AM News)- Law enforcement seized pounds of methamphetamine along with cocaine and prescription pills from a Minneapolis man over the course of a multi-month drug investigation. That’s according to a pair of criminal complaints filed in Olmsted County Court Monday. The Olmsted County Sheriff's Office led the investigation,...