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Steroids seized in Coppell residence

Hubert Mathew Sebanc, 32, was arrested on March 19 on 11 felony drug distribution charges, including 10 first degree felony charges and one third degree felony offense. Justin Robert Larson, 33, was arrested on March 19 and charged with manufacture/delivery of a controlled substance, a first degree felony, and possession of a controlled substance, a third degree felony.

The Coppell Police Department’s Organized Crime Unit executed a search warrant at Sebanc’s residence on March 19. The search was in reference to an ongoing narcotics investigation. Larson was Sebanc’s roommate.

More than 4,200 grams of anabolic steroids were found in the residence, as well as 1,132 grams of Gamma Hydroxybutyrate (GhB), 180 grams of MDMA (Ecstasy), 0.6 grams of methamphetamines, 3.3 grams of Alprazolam (a derivative of Zanax) and 1.99 grams of cocaine.

Lt. Steve Thomas, the Coppell Police public information officer, said the steroids alone were worth approximately $65,000.

Steroids are illegal to possess or purchase and are considered the same as any other narcotic, Thomas said. Although many people might not view such a large amount of seized steroids as eye-opening as an equivalent amount of seized cocaine, Thomas said the police department views it as seriously. “Steroids are simply illegal,” Thomas said.

The seized GHB was found in liquid form and law enforcement officers consider it primarily to be used as a “date rape” drug, Thomas said.

Although arrests were made, Thomas said, drug cases are rarely closed after an arrest. Once one person is caught, the police have to investigate where the drugs came from and where they might have been distributed, he said.

“We see it as the tip of the iceberg,” Thomas said of the arrests and seized drugs.

Also found in the residence were 43 firearms and $3,946 in cash. Thomas said the money was taken, because law enforcement sees it as a profit from the sale of drugs, and the money will not be returned unless Larson and Sebanc can prove otherwise.

No charges have been pressed for gun possession at this time, Thomas said.

There was a report of a burglary of a vehicle at the same address on Feb. 24, but Thomas would not comment whether the two incidents were related.