WINONA, Minn. – A Winona woman with a house full of cocaine, meth and $2,000 cash — was arrested in a police raid. Police said the home of Heidi Jo Wenzel, 49, had been under observation for weeks. The raid was about 11:30 a.m. at 1650 West Fifth Street. Police gave this account:
> A team of eight officers surrounded the single-story house and knocked several times, then shouted for someone to answer. There a no response.
> An officer spotted Wenzel getting up from a chair in the garage and runnng evasively, he said, to the kitchen.
> Meanwhile, another officer used a battering ram to barge through the front door.
> Wenzel, by now rushing to a rear bedroom, was ordered to stop. She did. She was arrested and charged with illegal possession of drugs.
Police said two men were also in t the house. Nether was arrested. Police said their investigation was ongoing.
Confiscated
> Garage: A purse containing baggies of 22.5 grams of suspected cocaine and meth and $2,000 cash.
> In a shoe box: Baggies with a total of 8.5 grams of suspected cocaine and meth.
> In basement: 32 gams of suspected meth.
> In a bedroom: 88 grams of suspected meth.
Multi-agency
The raid was coordinated through the Southeast Minnesota Violent Crime Enforcement Team with eight officers from the Winona police and sheriff’s departments and deputies from Fillmore and Houston counties.
Wenzel: Her house on Far West End under surveillance for weeks.