BOSTON (WHDH) - A Boston man is facing heroin trafficking charges after police say a traffic stop led to the discovery of 52 grams of the deadly drug.

An officer conducting a traffic stop on Hyde Park Avenue about 9:05 p.m. Wednesday after spotting a driver in a minivan texting while driving arrested Benjamin Rodriguez-Gonzalez, 34, after 52 grams of suspected heroin was found inside the vehicle, according to Boston police.

Rodriguez-Gonzalez was ordered held $100,000 bail pending his arraignment in West Roxbury District Court.

 

 

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