Nearly $500,000 Worth of Heroin Seized
During Turnpike Traffic Stop
HARRISBURG - Agents from the Attorney General's Bureau of Narcotics Investigation (BNI) and State Police have arrested two men following a traffic stop on the Pennsylvania Turnpike.
Attorney General Tom Corbett identified the defendants as Kendrick Holloway, 37, 215 Aurilees St., Duquense, Allegheny County and Corey Heath, 40, 797 Schench Ave., Apt. 4F, Brooklyn, New York.
As a result of the joint investigation, agents received information that Holloway and Heath were returning to the Pittsburgh area from New York with a shipment of heroin.
Corbett said that agents and state police stopped the car in Cumberland County while it was travelling westbound towards Pittsburgh. They seized 18,800 bags of heroin with an estimated street value of nearly half a million dollars, a 2000 Ford Excursion, a diamond bracelet worth $12,000, a diamond watch worth $7,500 and $760 in cash.
Holloway and Heath are both charged with one count each of criminal conspiracy, possession with the intent to deliver of heroin, possession of heroin, and possession of drug paraphernalia.
The defendants were preliminarily arraigned before Carlisle Magisterial District Judge Paula Correal. They are currently being held in Cumberland County Prison.
The case will be prosecuted in Cumberland County by Cumberland County District Attorney Dave Freed's office.
Corbett thanked the State Police and Cumberland County District Attorney Dave Freed for their assistance with the investigation.
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Attorney General Tom Corbett identified the defendants as Kendrick Holloway, 37, 215 Aurilees St., Duquense, Allegheny County and Corey Heath, 40, 797 Schench Ave., Apt. 4F, Brooklyn, New York.
As a result of the joint investigation, agents received information that Holloway and Heath were returning to the Pittsburgh area from New York with a shipment of heroin.
Corbett said that agents and state police stopped the car in Cumberland County while it was travelling westbound towards Pittsburgh. They seized 18,800 bags of heroin with an estimated street value of nearly half a million dollars, a 2000 Ford Excursion, a diamond bracelet worth $12,000, a diamond watch worth $7,500 and $760 in cash.
Holloway and Heath are both charged with one count each of criminal conspiracy, possession with the intent to deliver of heroin, possession of heroin, and possession of drug paraphernalia.The defendants were preliminarily arraigned before Carlisle Magisterial District Judge Paula Correal. They are currently being held in Cumberland County Prison.
The case will be prosecuted in Cumberland County by Cumberland County District Attorney Dave Freed's office.
Corbett thanked the State Police and Cumberland County District Attorney Dave Freed for their assistance with the investigation.
Photo and information provided by the attorney general's office
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