Key West police arrest two in George Allen Apartments drug raid

Key West police said a narcotics search warrant at the George Allen Apartments led to the arrest of two residents, pulling one of the city’s public-housing properties into the center of another drug case. The Key West Police Department Special Investigations Unit served the warrant on May 22 and arrested Ramon Noa, 56, and Yanielys Masa Santana, 41, on narcotics violations.

Police did not publicly list the full inventory of items seized in the search, but the arrests themselves signal that investigators believed the case was serious enough to justify a warrant at a fixed residential address. In dense housing like George Allen Apartments, that kind of operation can affect more than the two people named in the case, because neighbors and nearby residents are left watching an enforcement action unfold in a shared living environment.

George Allen Apartments is part of the Housing Authority of the City of Key West’s multifamily public housing portfolio, which also includes Lang Milian Apartments, Fort Village, and Robert Gabriel Apartments. That makes the case more than a private apartment dispute or a routine street-level arrest. It places narcotics enforcement inside a public-housing setting that serves long-term residents and draws added concern from families and property managers who want to know whether the problem is isolated or part of a wider pattern.

The George Allen raid also fits into a string of recent Key West narcotics warrants centered on residences and apartments rather than traffic stops or nightlife arrests. On April 17, police said four people were arrested at Fort Village Apartments after numerous complaints of suspected drug activity. That search allegedly turned up powder cocaine, marijuana, a digital scale with methamphetamine residue and prescription medication.

On May 6, police said another narcotics warrant on Truman Avenue followed multiple complaints of drug activity and led to one arrest. Detectives said that search recovered 2.9 grams of fentanyl, 10.8 grams of powder cocaine, 1.3 grams of crack cocaine, 0.5 grams of methamphetamine, 0.7 grams of MDMA, eight small tabs of LSD, 31.7 grams of marijuana, a digital scale and plastic baggies consistent with narcotics sales.

Earlier, on Feb. 17, Key West police joined the Drug Enforcement Administration, Homeland Security Investigations and the Monroe County Sheriff’s Office on a narcotics search warrant on Northside Drive after numerous complaints of suspected drug activity. Taken together, the cases show a continuing focus on complaint-driven drug investigations in residential neighborhoods, with the George Allen Apartments now added to that list.