Warrant Leads to Massive Cocaine Seizure at Rochester Home

Rochester, MN (KROC-AM News)- A search warrant led to a massive cocaine seizure at a Rochester home.

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That’s according to a criminal complaint filed in Olmsted County Court last week. Rochester police executed the search warrant on Thursday.

The court document describes a living room turned into a drug processing center, a camera that captures the alleged drug sales activity and drugs hidden under a dog bed.

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Police Seize 150+ Grams of Cocaine During Search of Rochester, MN Home

Police served the warrant at a residence in northeast Rochester. The subject of the warrant, identified as 33-year-old Obed Omot Olok, was at the home at the time of the raid.

The complaint said the Rochester man was digging in his pockets as law enforcement prepared to enter the home. Police found 8.6 grams of suspected cocaine in his coat pocket, the charges say.

Olok. Olmsted County ADC

Police then seized six baggies of suspected cocaine from underneath a dog bed in the home’s kitchen. Officers also saw empty packaging materials scattered throughout the living room, the charges say.

During the investigation, officers learned of a camera that recorded Olok arriving at the residence and showing a witness, who was brought to the Olmsted County Jail but not named in the complaint, the six baggies of suspected cocaine, the complaint says.

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Olok arrived about five minutes before law enforcement, the charges say. The six baggies found under the dog bed by police each weighed 29.4 grams, 29.9 grams, 15.4 grams, 29.5 grams, 29.8 grams, and 29.2 grams, according to the court document.

The combined weight of the baggies and cocaine found on Olok when police arrived at the home comes out to 171.8 grams, the complaint says.

Olok is charged with one count each of first-degree drug sales and first-degree drug possession. He made his first court appearance Friday and is being held on $150,000 bail.