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Posted on: December 23, 2022

DETECTIVES DRUG STRIKE FORCE ARREST MAN, SEIZE DOZENS OF FIREARMS AND PARTIALLY BUILT ‘GHOST GUNS’

Russell Norton

The Bucks County Detectives Drug Strike Force charged a Bensalem man on Thursday, Dec. 22, 2022, with more firearms sales and possession offenses than anyone else in Bucks County in recent history.

Russell Byron Norton, of Bensalem, is being held in lieu of $5 million bail, 10% cash, after being charged with 96 counts related to his role in drug and gun trafficking organization in Lower Bucks County.

Detectives identified Norton as a ghost gun manufacturer and firearm seller for the Pentz Drug and Gun Distribution Organization, building and/or delivering AR-15 rifles, AK-47 rifles, and other different caliber handguns.

This summer, police arrested and charged other members of the gun trafficking organization.

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