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$10,000 in drugs seized from Amarillo home with children inside
Posted: 06.22.2012 at 10:28 AM
Updated: 06.22.2012 at 2:55 PM
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AMARILLO, TEXAS -- Narcotics valued at $10,000 were seized from an Amarillo home on Thursday afternoon.

Police said children were at the home.

Two of the occupants were arrested on drug and child endangerment charges.

75 ounces of marijuana, 25 grams of methamphetamine and one firearm were recovered in the home, located in the 1600 block of Arapahoe, police said. Officers executed a search warrant at the home just before 3 p.m.

Inside the home were three adults and two children, police said.

30-year-old Brandon A. Oakley was charged with Manufacture/Delivery of a controlled substance, Penalty Group 1, over one gram in a drug free zone, endangering a child, possession of marijuana over four grams, less than five pounds and possession of drug paraphernalia.

30-year-old Debbie Sue Boyer was charged with possession of a controlled substance, Penalty Group 1, over four grams but less than 200 grams in a drug free zone, endangering a child and possession of drug paraphernalia.

Police said the endangering a child charges stem from the presence of meth being inside the home.

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