BOSTON (WHDH) - Two Dorchester residents accused of trafficking heroin were arrested Tuesday morning as part of a large-scale investigation.
Jason Martinez, 24, and Dionna Caruthers, 20, are scheduled to appear in West Roxbury District Court on charges of trafficking class A drugs, distribution of class A drugs, possession with intent to distribute class A drugs and conspiracy to violate the drug laws.
Officers armed with arrest warrants stopped a car Caruthers’ was driving on Hyde Park Avenue around 10 a.m., Boston police said.
Police reportedly removed Caruthers and his passenger, Martinez, from the vehicle and conducted a search.
They seized one medium bag of heroin that weighed about 10.8 grams, a plastic bag containing eight small bags of heroin, another plastic bag containing six small bags of heroin, and $3,640 in cash, according to police.
Caruthers and Martinez were taken into custody without incident.
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