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WILKES-BARRE &mdash; Two individuals were arrested at a Wilkes-Barre hotel on Thursday morning as investigators searched for drugs.
				Christopher Birry, 38, of Luzerne, was taken into custody along with Stacy Kilpatrick, 40, of Jim Thorpe, while members of the Luzerne County Drug Task Force served a warrant at the Wilkes-Barre Inn and Suites, located on Kidder Street.
				According to a release from the Luzerne County District Attorney&rsquo;s Office, members of the Wilkes-Barre City Police Department Anti-Crime Unit and the Pittston City Police Department joined the drug task force to serve the warrant at the hotel.
				In room 281, police say they found more than 60 grams of crystal meth, about 80 Xanax bars, Oxycodone and Adderall, along with brass knuckles, two loaded guns and cash.
				Birry was charged with possession with intent to deliver narcotics, and was locked up at the Luzerne County Correctional Facility for lack of $225,000 bail.
				Kilpatrick, meanwhile, was arrested on an outstanding warrant out of Carbon County, for possession with intent to deliver. She, too, is locked up at the county jail.

Drug task force seizes drugs at WB hotel; two arrested