LACROSSE, Wis. – An illicit drug factory was raided and a staggering quantity of equipment, raw materials and pills was confiscated. So too were four handguns, a long gun and hundreds of rounds of ammuniton. Arrested was Jade Justice Deeny, 26. Police said Deeny was using a rented storage unit to manufacture real and counterfeit drugs. First police raided Deeny’s house and car, at 627 Powell Street, and then the storage unit. The value of the confiscated items exceeded $1 million, police said. Here’s what police said they found:
> 135 pounds of pressed counterfeit Xanax in three different colors.
> One pound of fentanyl, next to Xanax station and most likely used in mass-producing pills.
> One pound counterfeit Adderall that tested positive for methamphetamine.
> 25 grams methamphetamine pills.
> 77 narcotic pills.
> 250 grams of cocaine.
> 524 grams of marijuana wax.
> Four pounds marijuana candies.
> 212 grams psilocybin infused chocolate.
> Four handguns, with two two different high-capacity magazines and and a drum magazine loaded with 51 rounds.
> One rifle, with 603 rounds of .22 ammunition.
> 186 rounds of 9mm ammo and 198 rounds .45-caliber ammunition.
> $5,900 cash.
> An automated pill press with professional mixer.
> 385 pounds of inert materials to make counterfeit Xanax.
> Thousands of USPS boxes ready to mail his product.
Investigators found that the storage unit was being used as a pill press lab. The materials to make counterfeit Xanax and shipping boxes were found in the unit.
Police evidence. Amassed from raid. Not including the pill-pressing machine or ready-to-address shipping boxes. Wait until the judge sees this.
Deeny. A a convicted felon who has spent time in prison on previous drug and weapons charges. Tentative charges now: Maintaining a drug-trafficking place, possession of a firearm. and possession pf drugs with intent to deliver.