Drugs seized in Minot bust had street value of more than $600,000

Loren D. Berg Jr.

MINOT, N.D. (KFGO) – A Minot man is in jail on a number of charges after a sizeable drug bust.

Police and the Ward County Narcotics Task Force say drugs, stolen property, guns, fentanyl and methamphetamine were seized in the raid at the home of Loren Berg.

The fentanyl had an estimated street value of $350,000 while the meth could have sold for $300,000. Berg was also wanted on a domestic violence and terrorizing warrant.

The task force includes police, the Ward County Sheriff’s Office, Border Patrol, Army National Guard and State Bureau of Criminal Investigation.