Two men, both 44, face drug charges after search warrant at Tampa home

TAMPA - Two 44-year-old men face multiple drug charges after Hillsborough County deputies served a search warrant at a home in Tampa, the Sheriff's Office said Thursday, Nov. 12.

Deputies served the court-authorized warrant at 3 p.m. Nov. 10 at a home in Tampa, according to the release. The investigation focused on one of the men, whom the agency describes as an eight-time convicted felon suspected of selling narcotics in northwestern Hillsborough County.

Inside, deputies seized a large quantity of drugs, including Xanax pills, cocaine, crack cocaine, amphetamine, oxycodone, buprenorphine and marijuana products, along with a large amount of cash, brass knuckles and a hatchet, the Sheriff's Office said.

As deputies approached, they saw that man get into a vehicle driven by the second man, according to the release. A search of the vehicle turned up individually packaged cocaine, crack cocaine, Xanax, oxycodone, amphetamine and buprenorphine, plus more than $2,000 in cash, deputies said.

The first man is charged with two counts of possession of a firearm by a convicted felon, armed possession of a controlled substance, possession of more than 10 grams of a controlled substance, possession of drug paraphernalia and keeping a public nuisance structure for drug activity, the release says. The second man faces charges that include possession of cocaine and of a Schedule IV drug with intent to sell or deliver, possession of more than 10 grams of a controlled substance and possession of drug paraphernalia.

“Illegal narcotics threaten the safety of our neighborhoods and the people who call them home,” Sheriff Chad Chronister said. The investigation is ongoing.

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Source: Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office release 26-193 (Nov. 12, 2026; opened about 4 p.m. Nov. 12).