Knoxville, TN (WOKI) A Detroit man is facing drug charges after multiple Knoxville-area agencies executed a search warrant Tuesday on an Oldham Avenue home.
Officials with the Knoxville Police Department say 57-year-old Sean Johnson was taken into custody and charged with maintaining a dwelling for drug purposes and manufacture/sale/delivery of schedule I, II and VI narcotics.
KPD says authorities found more than 30 grams of cocaine, a gram of heroin, two marijuana plants and over $17,000 in cash.
Additionally, a 43-year-old woman at the home was taken into custody for an unrelated charge.
According to KPD Communication Manager Scott Erland, KPD Organized Crime Unit detectives and members of the Drug-Related Death Task, which included KPD, Knox County Sheriff’s Office and Tennessee Bureau of Investigation personnel searched the house at 900 W. Oldham Avenue.
Erland says the search warrant originated from an investigation into a series of suspected overdose deaths that occurred in and around the Lonsdale area in 2023.
