Crime & Safety
Police Arrest Alleged Drug Dealer With $4,800 In Cash
Evanston police executed a search warrant on a Foster Street Home and arrested a 21-year-old man on charges of possession of controlled substances with intent to deliver.
Evanston police arrested a 21-year-old suspected drug dealer Monday after they executed a search warrant and found cocaine, marijuana, ecstacy and thousands of dollars in cash in his Foster Street home.
Officers arrived at the residence of Myung Jun Kim around 9:45 a.m. to execute a search warrant, according to a press release from the Evanston Police Department. Inside, they found 8.6 grams of cocaine, 48.5 grams of cannabis, 3.5 grams of Ecstasy powder, 21 Ecstasy pills. They also recovered some $4,832 in cash, according to police.
Kim was arrested and charged with two counts of possession of a controlled substance with intent to deliver, three counts of possession of a controlled substance, one count of possession of cannabis with intent to deliver and one count of possession of cannabis. All counts are felony charges, police reported.
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Kim is scheduled to appear in Cook County Circuit Court in Skokie at 9 a.m. Wednesday, Aug. 22.
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