UW-Madison police officers and detectives arrested a well-known Madison drug dealer Monday after a two month investigation, according to a UW-Madison Police Department incident report.
UWPD worked with the Dane County Narcotics Task Force to arrest Zachary Czerkas, 23, for charges of delivering marijuana and maintaining a drug trafficking establishment.
Police obtained a search warrant for the residence of 917 Haywood Drive where the officers and members of the task force arrested Czerkas without disturbance.
A drug contact near the UW campus tipped off the investigators. Czerkas has no relationship to UW-Madison, nor were any students involved, Public Information Officer Mark Lovicott said.
Czerkas was arrested in early 2010 for growing more than 600 marijuana plants in his residence and has since been on federal probation. Czerkas is currently being held at Dane County Jail on charges of delivery of marijuana and maintaining a drug trafficking dwelling, as well as probation violation for manufacturing marijuana.
