WINONA, Minn. – Police confiscated 2.1 pounds of cocaine, some in zip-lock bags ready for resale, in a raid on an East End address. No one was home, but police arrested a woman who had just driven off while the place was under preliminary surveillance. Tanya Sherrice McCain, age 50, of Winona, was charged with possession and sale of cocaine. The arrest, police said, was the result of a multi-agency investigation going back to early fall. Armed with a search warrant, 10 officers surrounded the house in the 650 block of East Sanborn Street. No one answered a call to surrender, so officers entered the house and found:
> A large bag with 926 grams (two pounds) of cocaine.
> Three zip-lock baggies with 4.2 grams of cocaine altogether.
> Twelve individual baggies, each with between 0.5 grams and 2.1 grams of cocaine.
> A digital scale.
> 2,000 cash.
Apparently McCain had driven away unaware that police were in the area organizing a search. She was taken without resistance in a car on Mankato Avenue a few blocks away. This was about 11:10 a.m. The investigation had originated with the Rochester-based Southeast Minnesota Violent Crimes Enforcement Team. Also in the raid were Winona city officers and Winona County deputies.
McCain. Charges included tampering with a motor vehicle.