Delaware State Police

Superintendent Colonel William Crotty

Search Warrant in Dover Leads to Arrest for Drug Offenses

Date Posted: Monday, November 4th, 2024

Delaware State Police have arrested 36-year-old Samuel Seymour of Dover, Delaware, for felony drug charges following a search warrant in Dover.

On October 31, 2024, members of the Kent County Drug Unit and the Kent County Governor’s Task Force, executed a search warrant at an apartment on Webb Lane in Dover Estates. The search warrant was obtained following a five-month investigation of Seymour and the distribution of illegal narcotics from the apartment. During the search warrant, detectives discovered that Seymour discarded narcotics out of the apartment window. He was taken into custody without incident.

A search of the apartment and Seymour’s vehicle led to the discovery of the following items:

Approximately 862.56 grams of powder cocaine
Approximately 31.92 grams of crack cocaine
Digital scale
Drug paraphernalia
$3,930 is suspected drug proceeds

Seymour was arrested and take to Troop 3 where he was charged with the crimes listed below, arraigned by Justice of the Peace Court 2, and committed to Sussex Correctional Institution on a $122,400 cash bond.

Samuel Seymour

Possession with Intent to Deliver a Controlled Substance, Tier 3 (Felony) – 2 counts
Tampering with Physical Evidence (Felony)
Possession of Drug Paraphernalia – 2 counts