More Than 200 Oxycodone Pills Confiscated in Bust

Greenfield police investigating a suspicious vehicle near 27th Street and Ramsey Avenue confiscated more than 200 Oxycodone pills from a Milwaukee man Monday evening.

According to the Greenfield Police Department report, police responded to a report of a man in his 20s going through two vehicles parked in the driveway of a home in the 6000 block of South 35th Street at approximately 8 p.m.

A short time later, police stopped a vehicle with two occupants, a 44-year-old Milwaukee man, who was driving, and a 31-year-old Greenfield man, who was the passenger.

When police searched the Milwaukee car, which was registered to the Milwaukee man’s girlfriend, they found a cigarette pack that contained four suboxone strips, drug paraphernalia and four screw-top multicolored pill containers filled with pills.

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Police counted 201 Oxycodone 30-milligram pills with a street value of $2,010.  They also confiscated $1,131 in cash from the 44-year-old man, whose girlfriend told police she had a prescription for Oxycodone and that her boyfriend had been selling her pills to pay rent and other bills.

No charges had been filed as of Thursday morning, but the 31-year-old Greenfield man was cited for possession of drug paraphernalia and the 44-year-old booked for possession with intent to deliver and a municipal citation for obstructing.