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According to state police, detectives located hundreds of prescription pills and a number of handguns and rifles during the search, all of which were seized.
The home of Miriam Almourtada-Cotto was searched at about 5 a.m., state police said. A search-and-seizure warrant was executed with the assistance of the Bridgeport Police Emergency Services Unit.
The warrant was issued after an investigation into the sale of prescription pills by Almourtada-Cotto, state police said. Her home at 28 Bell St. is near Harding High School and Bridgeport Hospital.
Almourtada-Cotto was charged with sale of narcotics, sale of a controlled substance, sale of narcotics within 1,500 feet of a school, possession of narcotics with the intent to sell, and failure to keep prescriptions in their proper containers.
She was released after posting $100,000 bond. She is set to appear in court on July 27.
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