Lackawanna County SWAT team members were waiting when Tara Altland pulled into her Archbald driveway in a Mustang Thursday night, toting cocaine, heroin, oxycodone pills and a knife, police said.
Lackawanna County detectives, who had a search warrant for Ms. Altland's 626 Miller St. home, said Ms. Altland, 23, had 21 grams of cocaine and 50 bags of heroin in her purse, four pills in her bra and a knife tucked in the front of her pants. Her passenger, Kristen Kehrli, 29, 1536 N. Washington Ave., had a gram of cocaine in the pocket of her sweatshirt.
Police also found Ms. Altland's boyfriend, Michael Zajac, 27, same address, at the home. He directed police to a case containing $2,777, heroin, oxycodone, cocaine and marijuana and several crack pipes, police said.
Authorities also confiscated six guns, crack pipes and a digital scale from the gun safe in the bedroom.
All three were charged with possession with intent to deliver a controlled substance, criminal conspiracy to possession with intent to deliver a controlled substance, possession of a controlled substance and possession of drug paraphernalia, according to the complaint.
Ms. Altland was also charged with possession of a small amount of marijuana.
All three were arraigned Friday and are slated for preliminary hearings Thursday. Ms. Altland is in Lackawanna County Prison in lieu of $100,000 bail, while Mr. Zajac is being held there on $150,000 bail and Ms. Kehrli on $10,000 bail.
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