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WILKES-BARRE — A city man was arrested after city police and state police seized quantities of cocaine, MDMA and marijuana.

Hashim Omari Scrubb, 41, also known as Krusty, was arrested when authorities executed a search warrant at his residence, 50 Woodward St., Thursday morning.

Authorities say they seized cocaine, MDMA – also called Molly, a date rape drug, and marijuana from the residence.

A .40-caliber semi-automatic firearm and approximately $6,000 were also seized, authorities said.

The Luzerne County Drug Task Force assisted in the investigation.

Scrubb was arraigned by District Judge Thomas F. Malloy Sr. in Wilkes-Barre on three counts each of possession with intent to deliver a controlled substance and possession of a controlled substance, and one count each of possession of marijuana and possession of drug paraphernalia. He was jailed at the county correctional facility for lack of $75,000 bail.