RANKIN COUNTY, MS (WHDH) — Police arrested two women in Mississippi after reportedly finding 51 pounds of heroin and a three-month-old baby in their car.
Officials said the drugs were found in the gas tank Monday around 9:15 p.m.
Officers arrested Arlene Viridiana Moya and Trisha Lynne Ibarra, both 23 years old, for aggravated trafficking of heroin.
A judge ordered that Child Protective Services take custody of the baby.
The wholesale street value of the heroin is approximately $2 million, and the retail street value of the heroin is approximately $10 million, according to the Rankin County Sheriff’s office.
The two were pulled over on a highway that’s known for drug trafficking.
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