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PLYMOUTH — Two people were arrested on firearm and other charges when the Pennsylvania State Police Liquor Control Enforcement – Wilkes-Barre Bureau, along with local authorities, executed a search warrant at a private bottle club on East Main Street early Saturday morning.
The search warrant was the result of an investigation over several months of alleged illegal activity at 145-147 E. Main St. — the location of the private club.
During the search, Jason D. Dates, 31, of Nanticoke, was allegedly in possession of a firearm. He was prohibited from possessing a firearm due to previous criminal convictions, according to a news release.
Abree Zahara King, 28, of Queens, NYC, was also allegedly in possession of a firearm with an altered serial number, the news release said.
Authorities seized the two firearms in addition to narcotics, drug paraphernalia, alcohol and more than $2,300.
Police from Edwardsville, Kingston, Jackson Township and Larksville assisted in the search.
Plymouth Borough condemned the building for code violations.
Dates was charged with illegal possession of a firearm, resisting arrest and unlawful sale of liquor. King was charged with firearms not to be carried without a license, possessing a firearm with an altered serial number, receiving stolen property, tampering with evidence, resisting arrest and disorderly conduct.
Dates was jailed at the Luzerne County Correctional Facility for lack of $10,000 bail after he was arraigned by District Judge James Dixon of Hazle Township.
King was released after posting $40,000 bail on Monday.
Three other people are facing charges of illegal sales of liquor and two people are facing disorderly conduct offenses, the news release said.