Illegal Aliens Arrested for Smuggling $75,000 in Heroin Into U.S.A.

 

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.