Two illegal aliens were arrested last week and charged with smuggling up to $75,000 in heroin into the U.S.A., authorities in Pennsylvania report.
Pennsylvania police were informed of an illegal drug shipment that was about to enter Westmorland County on Interstate 76, and officers were looking for problems, according to WPXI TV Pittsburgh.
State police eventually observed a car that failed to turn on lights in a construction area, a state law, and stopped the vehicle. Internal officers discovered Jose Miguel Garabito Montilla and Frankely Alonzo Ramos Castano, who showed "multiple indicators of criminal activity," police said. A subsequent search for the machine found 7,5000 bags of heroin printed up to $ 75,000.
The suspects had addresses in Philadelphia, but officers discovered they were citizens of the Dominican Republic and illegally here in the United States.
"We believe these two individuals have moved heroin to southwest Pennsylvania here for a while and (are) starting to grow roots," Pennsylvania State Police soldier Steve Limani told the media.
The National Security Department also joined the case, but there is no indication as to what other allegations can be made.
Philadelphia has been particularly affected by the growing opioid addiction crisis that is sweeping America. It was so bad that the city is even training employees of local libraries on how to recognize and treat heroin overdoses because libraries are public spaces where many people use drugs, according to CNN reports.
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