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Wilmington Police have arrested two on gun and drug charges after recovering a significant amount of narcotics, including approximately 49,300 doses of Fentanyl.
 
On January 19 at approximately 8:29 a.m., members of the Drug, Organized Crime and Vice Division executed a search warrant in the 1000 block of C Street following a drug investigation. Police took 46-year-old Giovan Tate and 45-year-old Yvette Lee into custody.
 
Officers recovered a loaded .40-caliber handgun, a loaded .45-caliber handgun, 98.6 grams of Fentanyl (approximately 49,300 doses), 34.9 grams of marijuana, 32 Oxycodone pills, ammunition and drug paraphernalia. One of the firearms was found to have been reported stolen.
 
Tate has been charged with the following offenses:

• Possession of a Firearm During the Commission of a Felony – Two Counts
• Possession of a Controlled Substance with the Intent to Deliver in Tier 3 Quantity
• Possession of a Controlled Substance in Tier 3 Quantity
• Possession of a Firearm or Ammunition by a Person Prohibited – Ten Counts
• Possession of a Controlled Substance with the Intent to Deliver – Two Counts
• Receiving a Stolen Firearm
• Conspiracy (Second Degree)
• Possession of Drug Paraphernalia

He was arraigned in Justice of the Peace Court 11 and was committed to the Howard R. Young Correctional Institution on $111,500 secured bail.
 
Lee has been charged with the following offenses:

• Possession of a Firearm During the Commission of a Felony – Two Counts
• Possession of a Controlled Substance with the Intent to Deliver in Tier 3 Quantity
• Possession of a Controlled Substance in Tier 3 Quantity
• Possession of a Firearm or Ammunition by a Person Prohibited – Two Counts
• Receiving a Stolen Firearm
• Conspiracy (Second Degree)
• Offensive Touching
• Resisting Arrest
• Possession of Drug Paraphernalia

She was arraigned in Justice of the Peace Court 11 and was committed to the Delores J. Baylor Women’s Correctional Institution on $88,250 secured bail.