2 Philly men arrested with $22,000 worth of drugs in Altoona
ALTOONA, Pa. (WTAJ) — Two men from Philadelphia were arrested in Altoona on suspicion of drug trafficking Thursday night.
Tyrone Chase, Jr., 29, and Ruben Rivera, 30, both from Philadelphia, are each charged with three felony counts for drug possession with intent to deliver.
According to the Altoona Police Department, members of the Blair County Drug Task Force were patrolling downtown Altoona when they came across a Buick LaCrosse with heavily tinted windows along 17th Avenue and 14th Street.
Police and K-9 Unit 'Blue' pulled the car over and found Chase and Ruben inside.
K-9 'Blue' and his handler conducted an open-air sniff of the vehicle and K-9 'Blue' alerted his handler for the presence of drugs. Police were granted permission to search the car and impounded it. Inside, they allegedly located a large amount of heroin, fentanyl and cocaine.
Police said they seized 585 individual 'Philly Bags' of heroin and fentanyl, one gram of loose fentanyl, 181 small containers of crack and $1,274 in cash. According to Altoona Police, the amount of drugs found in the vehicle are evidential of narcotics trafficking and have a street value of over $22,000.
Both men were arrested and placed in the Blair County Prison, unable to post their bail of $400,000 each.
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