Drugs

He became a suspect in the case when he called the woman's cell phone after the deadly drug overdose was discovered.

Rochester police reported finding 7 pounds of the drug during a search of his apartment last October.

Rochester police also reported finding a loaded 9 mm handgun.

The Fillmore County Sheriff’s Office and the Mower County Sheriff’s Office conducted a joint operation that involved the execution of a search warrant on April 22.

The criminal complaint, filed in Olmsted County Court earlier this week, says the case stems from a controlled buy conducted by the Olmsted County Sheriff’s Office.

Rochester police conducted the controlled buy earlier this month and executed the search warrant last week.

It was determined that the fentanyl had been smuggled into the facility by an individual hiding the drugs deep into a body cavity.

The Olmsted County Sheriff’s Office made the drug bust late last year, according to the court document. Authorities executed a search warrant on December 1 at a home in northeast Rochester.

He was on probation for a drug conviction at the time of his arrest.

The case stems from a law enforcement-arranged controlled drug buy.