Dubuque Man Arrested For Dealing Meth Near School

Police say a man from Dubuque was dealing meth near a school and paid a confidential informant to ship a package containing the drug to Florida. 28 year old Austin Becker was arrested Tuesday on warrants charging possession of methamphetamine with the intent to deliver, as well as possession of meth, marijuana, and of drug paraphernalia. Reports say a confidential informant working with the Dubuque Drug Task Force bought “an 8-ball of methamphetamine” from Becker at his residence on January 7th. The residence was within 1,000 feet of a school. The Dubuque drug task force executed a search warrant at Becker’s  residence the following day. They reported finding  meth pipes, two scales, bags for packaging drugs, marijuana and meth, as well as money to send the drugs to Florida.