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Port Jervis Duo Had Pistol In Case, 250 Bags Of Heroin In Secret Compartment, Police Say Port Jervis Duo Had Pistol In Case, 250 Bags Of Heroin In Secret Compartment, Police Say
Port Jervis Duo Had Pistol In Case, 250 Bags Of Heroin In Secret Compartment, Police Say It was a casual comment that led a serious arrest: One of two Port Jervis men arrested on their way home from buying heroin in Paterson, New Jersey off-handedly asked about a gun-carrying permit, local police said. Officers immediately obtained a search warrant and found a silver pistol with two magazines inside a briefcase in the back seat of their car – as well as 250 glassine envelopes of heroin stashed in a secret compartment, Hawthorne Police Detective Capt. Jeffrey Vanderhook said. Officers took Kurtis Rumsey, 25, and Dashell Powlus, 22, into custody after stopping their vehicle on Go…

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