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2 arrested after more than 2,100 heroin bags found during search
Over 2,100 bags of heroin were located after Wilmington police, the FBI and ATF searched a house on the 400 block of S. 17th Street after a month's long investigation.
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WILMINGTON, N.C. — Over 2,100 bags of heroin were located after Wilmington police, the FBI and ATF searched a house on the 400 block of S. 17th Street after a month’s long investigation.
The Wilmington Police Department Gang Unit, the FBI Safe Streets Task Force and ATF found the bags of heroin and a .40 caliber handgun during a search warrant on Feb. 21.
The U.S. Marshals, with assistance from the Wilmington Police Department arrested 28-year-old Rashawn Hines in Burgaw and 27-year-old Kevin Freeman of Castle Hayne on Feb. 24. Hines was arrested in Burgaw in connection with the case.
Freeman is being held under a $2 million secured bond.
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