Two Pittsburgh brothers are facing charges after authorities said Tuesday they found more than a dozen bricks of fentanyl, $30,000 worth of crack cocaine, multiple guns and a laundry list of illegal drugs at their Larimer apartment.

Rodney Howard, 60, and Andre Howard, 62, were charged March 6 with drug possession, delivery and manufacturing. Rodney Howard faces 14 charges; his brother, 12.

The Howards are scheduled to have a preliminary hearing Tuesday, court records show.

Rodney Howard is being held in the Allegheny County Jail on $50,000 bail, court records show. His brother’s was set at $10,000.

“These brothers — convicted felons — were pushing poisons into neighborhoods and were willing to illegally carry firearms to protect their trade,” Pennsylvania Attorney General Dave Sunday said.

Authorities said they searched the brothers’ home at 6435 Shetland St. last week. The brothers did not respond to knocks at the front door or agents shouting “Police!”

Attorney general’s office agents then forced their way into the residence and found both men in bathrooms — one on the second floor, the other on the third. They were detained without incident.

Inside, agents found 15 bricks of fentanyl and 1,200 fentanyl pills, as well as two handguns and a shotgun, according to a criminal complaint in the case.

They also found:

  • 13 grams of raw fentanyl, at a street value of $2,600
  • 300 grams of crack cocaine, at a street value of $30,000
  • 16 grams Psilocybin mushrooms
  • 450 grams of marijuana, at a street value of $4,500
  • $2,284 in cash

The drugs were found in bedrooms, bathrooms and the home’s kitchen, the complaint said. Ross police assisted in securing the search warrant.

John Feghali, the man who heads the organization that owns the apartment building where the brothers live, told TribLive Tuesday he was not aware of the arrests or the allegations against the men.

Larimer Living Matters LLC, a corporation headed by Feghali, purchased the apartment building in 2021 for $162,000, Allegheny County property records show.

Agents from the attorney general’s office and their collaborators said they have seized more than 50 guns this year that were involved in drug trafficking in Allegheny, Fayette, Somerset and Westmoreland counties.