Nearly 1kg marijuana seized in Fort Wayne cocaine sweep
Indiana State Police seized nearly 1,000 grams of suspected marijuana alongside cocaine, fentanyl and guns in Operation Iron Scale raids on 3 November 2026 across Fort Wayne, Huntertown and Noblesville. Twelve people were arrested on felony conspiracy and narcotics-dealing charges, with no separate marijuana charges reported.
🇺🇸 Fort Wayne, Allen County, Indiana · Indiana, United States
Officers executed nearly 20 search warrants across Fort Wayne, Huntertown, and
Noblesville.[1]In total, 12 individuals were arrested on felony conspiracy
and narcotics dealing charges.[1]Investigators described Jermaine Norris as a
known large-scale cocaine trafficker in Fort Wayne.[2]Investigators conducted
multiple controlled buys from Norris between October 2025 and June 2026.[2]The Fort Wayne log shows officers set out to serve the warrants between 5:53 and
6:34 a.m. across all four city quadrants.[2]
Across the arrests, agencies seized nearly 1,000 grams of suspected marijuana.[2]Indiana State Police separately listed nearly 1,000 grams of marijuana
among other controlled substances seized in the operation.[1]The same totals
listed nearly 18,000 grams of suspected cocaine alongside the marijuana.[2]At
Marque Weeks’ home in Fort Wayne, officers located a jar of marijuana and two
bags of pills that tested positive for methamphetamine.[2]
Weeks was charged with conspiracy to commit dealing in cocaine.[2]Weeks was
also charged with possession of methamphetamine.[2]The operation involved the
Indiana State Police, Fort Wayne Police Department, Allen County Sheriff’s
Department and federal agencies including the ATF, DEA and FBI.[1]Officials
had not yet filed charges against Norris.[2]
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Police in unmarked vehicles serving a warrant on Hammock Drive in a Huntertown neighborhood on 3 November 2026.Photo details
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The marijuana total is reported only as nearly 1,000 grams of suspected marijuana, so the recorded 1 kg is approximate and no laboratory confirmation was reported.
The first account says eleven people were apprehended but names twelve, while the later police account reports twelve arrests; this report uses the later twelve-arrest total.
No marijuana charges were listed for those arrested; the published charges describe cocaine, methamphetamine, narcotic-drug and firearm counts.
A second outlet reports a fatal police shooting on Elmdale Drive during the same warrant operation, which is not counted here because no cannabis link for that shooting was established.
Only two outlet accounts of this operation could be opened; no agency press release or court docket was opened directly.
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