Authorities executed several search warrants today in the New Castle area as part of a multi-month investigation into the illegal trafficking of guns and drugs. According to the New Caste Police Department Facebook page, one of the raids was executed at a home on Bleakley Avenue. Officers with the New Castle City Police Department, the Union Township Police Department and the Lawrence County District Attorney’s Special Investigative Unit seized nearly $19,000 in cash, several weapons and suspected cocaine and marijuana. Authorities arrested 31-year-old Maurice “Trell” Moore, who is originally from Mississippi, in the home. Moore is facing several charges. Search warrants were also executed at residences on Hamilton Avenue, East Home Street and Pin Oak Drive.