Maricopa Police Department has released new information about the drug seizure and charges lodged during a SWAT team’s search of a Heritage District home Wednesday.  

The Pinal County Regional SWAT team assisted MPD detectives in arresting David Fryer, 61, and Jesi A. Garcia, 38, during a search warrant execution as part of a “narcotics investigation” on the 20000 block of Taft Avenue, according to MPD spokesperson Monica Williams. 

Other people who were arrested as part of the narcotics probe told police Fryer sells methamphetamine and fentanyl pills and has a large amount of drugs in a green safe in his bedroom, according to a probable cause statement obtained by InMaricopa yesterday. 

Cops searched the home and found five bags containing 68 grams of meth. Police also found 86 suspected fentanyl pills, multiple meth pipes, small clear baggies, a scale with white residue and $600 in cash. The suspected fentanyl pills were sent to a lab to be confirmed. 

Fryer told police he was addicted to smoking meth and refused to answer further questions

Fryer was booked into the Pinal County Jail on five felony charges of possessing narcotics, narcotics for sale, dangerous drugs, dangerous drugs for sale and drug paraphernalia, according to the probable cause statement. 

He faces more than 70 years in prison under Arizona’s presumptive sentencing guidelines. 

Garcia was booked on charges of possessing narcotic drugs, drug paraphernalia and shoplifting, and two other bench warrants. 

She has been arrested 10 times before on charges of drug possession, theft and trespassing, according to public court records.  

“The SWAT team was deployed for the execution of the search warrant due to potential risk at this residence,” Williams said. “This is standard.”