Police Make Heroin Bust Following Traffic Stop

Lakewood police arrested two Cleveland residents and seized an estimated $3,000 worth of heroin along with $2,000 in cash following a traffic stop last Friday.

Here’s how it went down:

Capt. Ed Hassing said that an officer attempted to stop a vehicle at the intersection of Summit and Detroit avenues after its driver ran a red light at around 1:30 p.m. Aug. 12.

When the vehicle came to a stop, the passenger in the vehicle took off on foot, Hassing said. The driver of the vehicle, a 23-year-old woman, appeared to have been smoking marijuana at the time of the traffic infraction, he said.

The city’s K-9 unit was called to search for the man. About 20 minutes later, officers found the 31-year-old man hiding in the bushes of a Brockley Avenue home.

They also found that he had $2,000 and 24 bundles of heroin — each containing 10 packs of the narcotic. 

Hassing estimated the street value of the drugs at around $3,000.

The man was charged with felony drug trafficking and obstructing official business, a misdemeanor. The woman was charged with the traffic offense and child endangering, stemming from the fact that there was a young child in the vehicle, Hassing said.

“We’ve got that much more drugs off the street,” he said. “Traffic stops can lead to a lot of other things — they run into all kinds of things during traffic stops.”