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Concerned citizens pointed Narcotics Division detectives to the 17th Avenue home at the corner of East 28th Street, leading to a raid and the arrest of 30-year-old Manuel Almonte, Police Director Jerry Speziale said.
Along with the heroin, they seized 43 baggies of pot, more than $200 in suspected drug cash and the two handguns -- a 7.65-caliber Beretta and a .45-caliber Llama, Speziale said.
Detectives also arrested alleged Cleveland Spencer, 57, of nearby East 30th Street, who’d just bought two bags of pot from Almonte, the director said.
Almonte faces a variety of drug and weapons offenses, including two counts of being a convicted felon in possession of a firearm.
He remained held Tuesday in the Passaic County Jail after a judge denied his release following Friday’s arrest.
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