New Castle County Police arrested a 29-year-old Wilmington man following a months-long drug investigation that resulted in the seizure of thousands of bags of suspected heroin and fentanyl, crack cocaine, and a loaded handgun.
Detectives assigned to the New Castle County Division of Police Drug and Human Trafficking Investigations Team began investigating D’Andre Murphy in July 2026 after he was suspected of distributing narcotics throughout New Castle County.
On Sunday, October 11, detectives executed two search warrants at separate locations. The first was served in the 500 block of West 7th Street in New Castle, where Murphy was located and taken into custody. Detectives subsequently searched a second location in the 100 block of North DuPont Street in Wilmington.
Police said the searches resulted in the recovery of approximately 3,165 bags of suspected heroin/fentanyl, 89 grams of crack cocaine, drug-related paraphernalia, and a loaded .40-caliber handgun.
Murphy was transported to New Castle County Police Headquarters, where he was charged with two felony counts of Possession with Intent to Deliver a Controlled Substance, Tier 3; two felony counts of Possession of a Controlled Substance, Tier 3; one felony count of Possession of a Firearm During the Commission of a Felony; one felony count of Possession of a Deadly Weapon by a Person Prohibited; and one misdemeanor count of Possession of Drug Paraphernalia.
Murphy was arraigned in Justice of the Peace Court 7 and committed to the Howard R. Young Correctional Institution after failing to post $128,000 cash bail.
