Delaware State Police have arrested a Bridgeville man and his landlord after a search warrant led to the seizure of heroin, guns and cash found in the house Aug. 21.

Master Corporal Melissa Jaffe said police had been running a two-month investigation by Sussex Drug Unit into Howard Green IV, 37, before getting a warrant to search his home on Laverty Lane in Bridgeville. Upon arrival, Jaffe said Green tried to escape through a rear window. Also in the house was the owner of the home, Sandra Waples, 57, and two children, ages 7 and 8.

Jaffe said inside Green’s bedroom police found 2,008 bags of heroin, a 9mm pistol with a loaded magazine, a box of ammunition, $24,000 in drug money and drug paraphernalia. Waples had a gram of marijuana in her bedroom.

Police then visited a Seaford home Green occupied on Eskridge Road. Inside the house, police found a 9mm handgun and drug paraphernalia. Jaffe said a computer inquiry revealed Green is prohibited from possessing a firearm or ammunition.

Green and Waples were taken to Troop 4 in Georgetown where Green was charged with drug possession charges, possession with intent to deliver, two counts of possession of a firearm by a person prohibited, two counts of unlawfully dealing with a child, two counts of possession of drug paraphernalia and possession of a firearm within 10 years of a prior conviction.

Green was arraigned in Justice of the Peace Court and incarcerated at Sussex Correctional Institution in Georgetown on $92,500 cash-only bond.

Waples was charged with maintaining a drug property and possession of marijuana. She was arraigned at Justice of the Peace Court and released on her own recognizance.