Rensselaer County investigators make $100,000 drug bust

Rensselaer County investigators make $100,000 drug bust

The Rensselaer County Sheriff’s Office seized $100,000 in drugs in a single bust on Friday, they said. Investigators had been looking into this for a year, they said.

The Rensselaer County Sheriff’s Office seized $100,000 in drugs in a single bust on Friday, they said.

Investigators had been looking into this for a year, they said.

That led them to an apartment at 368-370 5th Avenue.

Inside was 767 grams of cocaine and fentanyl, 356 grams of methamphetamine, a loaded rifle, $1,380 in us currency, scales and packaging, according to investigators.

There were also 18 guns seized, including four rifles.

Michael Peabody, 55, faces multiple charges, including criminal possession of a controlled substance, and criminal possession of a weapon. He was sent to Rensselaer County Jail.

Michael Peabody(Rensselaer County Sheriff’s Office)
These are some of the drugs investigators in Rensselaer County say they seized.