Police: PA Pair Who Fled From Phillipsburg Traffic Stop Found With 280 Heroin Bags, $4K Cash

Police found hundreds of bags of heroin and thousands in cash after tracking down a Pennsylvania pair who fled from a Phillipsburg traffic stop earlier this week, authorities said.

Phillipsburg Police
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Valerie Musson

03/05/2021 5:11 p.m.

Officers attempted to stop Ronald James, 35, who was driving erratically near Mercer Street and South Main Street in Phillipsburg on Wednesday, police said.

James was pulled over after a brief pursuit and quickly fled from the vehicle with his passenger, Kalib Ruta, 20, police said.

James, of Easton, and Ruta, of Bethlehem, were subsequently found in the backyard of a home on South Main Street, where a search turned up 280 suspected heroin bags and $4,246 in cash, police said.

Both were arrested and charged with possession and distribution of heroin.

They were being held at the Warren County Correctional Center pending a hearing.

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