WINONA, Minn. – A Burnsville man was scheduled to see a judge to be advised formally of charges from the largest Winona drug bust in recent memory. Rafael Rosales Lopez, 41, was arrested Thursday at a drop-off point for the drugs in a parking lot in the East End hotel district at U.S. Highway 61 and State Highway 43. This was about 3:45 p.m. He was booked on a tentative charge of selling 17 grams or more of a controlled substance. Don’t fooled by “17 ounces or more” It’s a statutory category. Police said they confiscated 22 pounds of cocaine. fentanyl and meth.
