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Pair arrested after LSD, heroin, ecstasy seized from Fayetteville home

Two people were arrested on Tuesday after a tip led police to a drug bust at a Fayetteville home.

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Anthony Michael Maerten, 31, and Cindy Vanessa Caballero, 20
By
Jessica Patrick
, WRAL digital journalist
FAYETTEVILLE, N.C. — Two people were arrested on Tuesday after a tip led police to a drug bust at a Fayetteville home.

After an anonymous tip, officers with the Fayetteville Police Department responded to a home along the 5000 block of Rodwell Road. At the home, they seized 5,188 dosage units of LSD, 8.9 grams of heroin, 2.6 grams of fentanyl, 12 grams of MDMA (ecstasy) and $1,185 in cash.

Anthony Michael Maerten, 31, and Cindy Vanessa Caballero, 20, were each charged with with trafficking LSD by possession, trafficking LSD by manufacturing, conspiracy to traffic LSD, trafficking heroin by possession, trafficking heroin by manufacturing, possession with intent to manufacture, sell and deliver a substance and felony maintaining a dwelling for narcotic use.

Maerten and Caballero both lived in the home, according to police.

Both were being held at the Cumberland County Detention Center under $530,000 secured bonds.

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