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Drugs found in park; 2 face federal charges By MICHAEL MILSTEIN Gazette Wyoming Bureau YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK, Wyo. - Yellowstone Park rangers have arrested two people, including one park concessions employee, for possession and intent to distribute cocaine and black tar heroin, a surprisingly hard-core drug that authorities have not detected in the park's employee community before. Scott Glunt, 33, an Amfac Parks and Resorts employee at Old Faithful, and Gary Gilbert, 27, of Salt Lake City, were arrested about a week ago. Because Yellowstone is a federal reservation, they were transported to Cheyenne to face charges in U.S. District Court, Yellowstone spokeswoman Cheryl Matthews said. Each has been charged with three felony counts: one count of conspiracy to distribute a controlled substance, one count of possession of and intent to distribute a Schedule 1 drug and one count of possession with intent to distribute a Schedule 2 drug. Each count carries a maximum penalty of 20 years in prison. Other employees in the concessions housing area at Old Faithful notified rangers that Glunt and Gilbert were distributing drugs from Glunt's room, Matthews said. Glunt consented to a search of his room by rangers, who found one gram of black tar heroin and 6.5 grams of cocaine packaged into smaller bundles. They also located $990 in cash. All of the drugs and cash were seized. Gilbert was with Glunt in his room at the time of the search and rangers determined that Gilbert had transported drugs from Salt Lake City to Yellowstone for sale to other employees. Rangers have arrested and charged one additional Amfac employee for possession of a controlled substance obtained from Glunt and Gilbert, and more arrests may follow, Matthews said. Gilbert originally gave rangers a false name, but when investigators determined his actual name they learned that there were three outstanding warrants for his arrest in Canada and a fourth warrant for his arrest in Utah. He will face his federal charges first, however. Rangers also determined that Glunt was on probation in Utah for aiding and abetting a robbery. Matthews said she did not know of any other instance in which heroin has been seized in Yellowstone Park before. "That's why you had so many people contacting rangers to let them know about this," she said. "They were concerned that this was going on here."
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