Port St. Lucie woman accused of having over 20 grams of bath salts, cocaine and more

Sara Marino | Treasure Coast Newspapers

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PORT ST. LUCIE — Multiple complaints about suspicious activity at a house and an undercover operation by police led to the arrest of a mother-daughter team accused of numerous drug trafficking and possession charges.

Mary Guidice, 54, of the 300 block of Southwest Fairway Avenue in Port St. Lucie, and her daughter, Barbara Guidice, 21, of the same address, were arrested Tuesday on a combined 15 felony drug charges after police obtained a warrant to search their home, police said.

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After police received multiple complaints about suspicious activity at the house, they conducted an undercover operation during which they bought 40 Xanex pills from Barbara Guidice, according to her arrest report.

After the operation, officers said they went to the home to investigate. When officers arrived, they said they smelled marijuana coming from the home and obtained the search warrant.

While police were searching Barbara Guidice's bedroom, among the drugs they found were 45 grams of cocaine, 34 grams of liquid methamphetamine, 100 grams of marijuana, 57 Xanex pills, the arrest reports state. Police also found 28.5 grams of bath salts, which are synthetic human-made stimulants.

Barbara Guidice was arrested on 11 felony drug counts including trafficking cocaine over 28 grams, trafficking more than 14 grams of amphetamine or methamphetamine, drug trafficking controlled substances, and several other drug trafficking and possessing charges.

When police searched Mary Guidice's room, they said they found about 15 prescription pills.

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Mary Guidice was arrested on two counts of possessing drugs without a prescription.

Both women were taken to the St. Lucie County Jail. Mary Guidice was released Wednesday on a $20,000 bond. Barbara Guidice remains in jail on a $271,125 bond.