Drug bust in Pottsville, Saint Clair turns up more than $11,000 in illegal drugs

An investigation Tuesday into a drug-related incident in Pottsville led several local police departments to seize more than $11,000 worth of illegal drugs from a Saint Clair home and arrest a New York man on several drug-related charges. Zachary "Dread" Guichard, 28, of Brooklyn, N.Y., is in Schuylkill County Prison in lieu of $75,000 straight bail, and faces charges of possession of controlled substances, possession with intent to deliver controlled substances, delivery of controlled substances and drug paraphernalia charges after he was discovered in a Saint Clair home with cocaine, crack cocaine, marijuana, methamphetamine, and drug paraphernalia in what Pottsville police are calling a "large scale drug arrest." The arrest came after Pottsville police were dispatched to 512 N. Centre St., Pottsville, for a drug-related incident Tuesday. During the investigation at that location, police found marijuana and a large amount of packaging materials in apartment 2E. Interviews done at the scene revealed that marijuana, crack cocaine, cocaine, and methamphetamine were sold from the residence, and that a large scale drug distribution ring was selling from that residence and several others in Pottsville and Saint Clair. Police also received information that Guichard, also known as Dread, was currently at 16 E. Patterson St., Saint Clair, with a large amount of narcotics.