VOLUSIA COUNTY, Fla. — A man was arrested on more than two dozen trafficking-related charges in Daytona Beach Thursday following a five-month narcotics investigation, investigators said.
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Romario J. Burrowes, 21, a Jamaican national, was wanted on 28 counts with a total bond of more than $6.8 million, according to the Volusia County Sheriff’s Office. He was arrested without incident outside an apartment complex at 600 Jimmy Ann Drive in Daytona Beach.
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An undercover detective made multiple controlled purchases of heroin, fentanyl and meth from Burrowes over the course of the investigation, the sheriff’s office said. The drugs totaled 82 grams of heroin, 229.4 grams of fentanyl and 169 grams of meth, according to the sheriff’s office.
During Burrowes’ arrest and execution of a search warrant Thursday, March 3, 2022, detectives seized another 103 grams of fentanyl, 410 grams of meth, 43 Oxycodone pills, four handguns, a little more than $1,000 cash and narcotics paraphernalia, according to the sheriff’s office.
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Burrowes is being charged with multiple counts of trafficking and delivery of fentanyl, heroin and meth, conspiracy and “other crimes,” the sheriff’s office said.
The investigation was a joint effort involving the Drug Enforcement Administration, the Volusia Bureau of Investigation and the East Volusia Narcotics Task Force.
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