SOMERSET, Pa. (AP) - Investigators in western Pennsylvania say nearly 15 pounds of pure, uncut heroin was seized from the Pennsylvania Turnpike in western Pennsylvania earlier this month.
WJAC-TV (https://bit.ly/1hrCiG0) reports authorities in Somerset County said they haven’t seen this much unadulterated heroin before but figure it’s worth millions.
Somerset County District Attorney Lisa Lazzari-Strasiser said a trooper pulled over the work van after running the license plate and discovering it didn’t match the make and model.
A criminal complaint said driver Maria Pina and passenger Gilberto Ocampo, both of Illinois, seemed nervous but consented to a search.
That’s when police spotted an air compressor that looked tampered with. Inside, officers said they found 7 kilograms - about 15 pounds - of uncut heroin.
Pina and Ocampo remain jailed on $500,000 bail each.
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Information from: WJAC-TV, https://www.wjactv.com
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