08-01-16 Puna man arrested on multiple drug charges

Hawaiʻi Police Department
Vice Section, Area I
Acting Lieutenant Brian Miller
Phone: 961-2289
Report No. C16020385

 

Media Release

A Mountain View man is facing 11 drug charges following the execution of a search warrant in Fern Acres.

Police served the search warrant at 6:25 a.m. Monday (August 1) at a home on the 11-2700 block of Pikake Street. Vice Section officers recovered 364 grams of heroin, 8.1 grams of dried, processed marijuana, 1.4 grams of methamphetamine, 15 grams of cocaine and 2.75 ml grams of Fentanyl patches.

Sixty-year-old Gregory Cook was arrested and taken to the Hilo police cellblock while detectives from the Area I Vice Section continued the investigation. At 2:30 p.m. Monday, Cook was charged with first-degree promotion of a dangerous drug, third-degree promotion of a detrimental drug, two counts of second-degree promotion of a dangerous drug, two counts of third-degree promotion of a dangerous drug and five counts of possession of drug paraphernalia. His bail was set at $35,500.

He remains at the cellblock pending his initial court appearance scheduled for Tuesday (August 2).


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