Crime & Safety
Learn How 'Golf Ball Sized' Cocaine Was Found In A Warminster Hotel
A Warminster Township man was charged with drug possession after police found cocaine, scales, cash, and packaging materials.
WARMINSTER, PA —A township man has been charged with several drug offenses after police found "golf ball-sized" cocaine in a hotel room where he was staying.
Eric Lucier, 39, of Warminster Township, was charged with possession of a controlled substance and possession with intent to deliver after turning himself in to police on Thursday.
Warminster Police responded to Home 2 Suites at 230 Veterans Way on March 9 after hotel staff entered a room and found suspected cocaine.
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Police said hotel staff stated a renter was paying for a room daily and had failed to pay when required.
As the hotel staff prepared the room for the next guest, they found belongings along with "golf ball" sized items of a powdery white solid material and packaging material consistent with drug use, police said.
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Warminster Detectives found "several golf ball-sized items" of cocaine, cash, scales, packaging, and other drug paraphernalia.
Lad testing revealed the substance was cocaine at a weight of 61 grams, police said.
Lucier turned himself in, where he was processed, arraigned, and released on bail.
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