SUSPECT ARRESTED:     PABON-TORRES, Luis A.  H/M/52

                                                Homeless

                                                Charged with-  Possession With Intent to Deliver Heroin

EVIDENCE SEIZED:           1)  233 bags of heroin totaling 4.66 grams, street value $2,700.00

                                                2)  $170.00 in U.S. currency

On January 5, 2017 (Thurs.) at approximately 1702 hrs. Officer Jason Hagy, a member of the police bureau’s Selective Enforcement Unit (SEU), observed the listed suspect operating a vehicle in the 1^st blk. of Conestoga St.  Officer Hagy knew the suspect has a suspended operating privilege through the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.  Detective Sergeant Nathan Nickel and Sergeant Manuel Luciano, working a Street Operations Group (SOG) detail in conjunction with SEU, stopped the suspect in the same block.  The suspect was the sole occupant of the car.

When the suspect was contacted he opened the drivers’ side door to speak with Det. Sgt. Nickel.  Det. Sgt. Nickel observed a Newport 100 brand cigarette pack fall from the lap of the suspect and land at his feet.  When Det. Sgt. Nickel retrieved the cigarette pack for the suspect he observed numerous heroin bundles in the pack.  The suspect was removed from the car and arrested without incident.  A search incident to arrest of the interior of the vehicle yielded an additional Newport 100 brand cigarette pack also filled with multiple heroin bundles.  (There were twenty-four bundles in all.)

The suspect was charged by Officer Andrew Mease before D.J. Witkonis and taken to Lancaster County Prison for central arraignment. He was committed to LCP in lieu of $250,000 bail.

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