SAN JOSE — A husband-and-wife duo was arrested after police seized more than $2 million worth of cocaine — a total of more than 37 pounds, authorities said Tuesday.
The arrests followed a several-month long investigation by San Jose police in which they discovered that the couple was running a drug house where they manufactured, transported and sold cocaine base, also known as crack cocaine, officials said. Authorities said the suspects were a 51-year-old San Jose man and a 46-year-old San Jose woman.
On Sept. 4, several San Jose police units executed search warrants on three residences on the 1100 block of Bendmill Way and the 100 block of Maro Drive, police said. They seized more than 37 pounds of cocaine, 17 pounds of cocaine base, 50 Xanax bars, six firearms, one rifle, two vehicles with secret compartments and about $120,000 in cash.
Police determined that the cocaine seized had a street value of about $2 million, officials said.
The couple was arrested in San Jose and booked into Santa Clara County Main Jail for crimes of weapons possession, narcotics transportation and narcotics sale, police added.
