Arrest allegedly tied to drug ring

By Mon Valley Independent

By JEFF STITT

jstitt@yourmvi.com

A Clairton man is in Allegheny County Jail for allegedly being involved in a drug trafficking organization operating in the Mon Valley.

Allegheny County Police Narcotics Unit detectives arrested Damian Graves, 47, of Clairton for felony delivery of heroin/fentanyl, and felony possession within intent to deliver heroin/fentanyl and crack cocaine around 7:25 p.m. Thursday following a narcotics investigation focusing on those substances in the Mon Valley, according to Lt. Jonathan Love.

Detectives located Graves in West Mifflin, Love said.

Graves was found with 140 stamp bags of heroin/fentanyl and 16 rocks of crack cocaine, according to Love. Court records state that an additional 90 stamp bags of heroin/fentanyl and crack cocaine were found hidden inside the plastic body of a clothing lint roller Graves owned.

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