Nearly 11 pounds of methamphetamine and two guns were seized by law enforcement officials from a house in Inver Grove Heights earlier this month.
Danny Gene Zaccardi (Courtesy of Washington County Sheriff’s Office)
Danny Gene Zaccardi, 62, of Inver Grove Heights, has been charged with first-degree sale of a controlled substance and first-degree possession of a controlled substance in connection with the case.
The Washington County Drug Task Force executed a search warrant on Feb. 3 at a house in the 3700 block of 78th Street East, according to a criminal complaint filed in Washington County District Court.
Two men and a woman were located inside the house, including Zaccardi. The woman, who was not named in the complaint, exited from a downstairs bedroom.
Officers found Zaccardi in a downstairs living area and searched the downstairs bedroom where the woman had exited from. They found a motor vehicle registration with Zaccardi’s information in the bedroom, along with his cellphone, the complaint states.
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Also found: 9.89 pounds of methamphetamine “packaged in numerous baggies in the closet, under the bed, on the floor, and scattered through the room,” the complaint states.
Two guns – a Sig Sauer P365 9mm and a Sig Sauer P232 380 Kurz – and a bag containing another 14 ounces of methamphetamine were found behind the couch in the living area, according to the complaint.
In a statement, Zaccardi identified his room as the one containing the 9.89 pounds of methamphetamine. The other man at the house told officers that he did not know there was methamphetamine in Zaccardi’s room.
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