Three Arizona males have been arrested in southwest suburban Orland Park final weekend after they have been allegedly discovered with weapons and medicines of their automobile.
Officers started a drug investigation after receiving a tip {that a} suspected heroin vendor from Arizona was within the space, Orland Park police stated. They organized a meet-up for five p.m. Aug. 24 within the 7100 block of 159th Street, and stopped the pickup truck of the suspected vendor, which was towing one other automobile.
As officers approached the automobile, they allegedly noticed Hector Acosta-Feliz, 28, holding a bag of crystal meth, police stated. When the 2 different occupants, 26-year-old Johnnie Lee and 45-year-old Taurence Lopez, obtained out of the automobile, officers noticed weapons on the floorboards by their ft.
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Hector Acosta-Feliz Orland Park police Johnnie Lee Orland Park police Taurence Lopez Orland Park police
A subsequent search of the automobile revealed a 3rd gun and suspected packages of each heroin and crystal meth, in addition to a locked secure containing over two kilograms of suspected heroin and drugs, police stated. The three have been taken into custody and charged with numerous felonies.
All three males have been charged with possession of a weapon by a felon, possession of a managed substance and possession of methamphetamine, police stated. Acosta-Feliz faces further counts of the latter two prices for “intent to deliver.”
In complete, over 2.5 kilograms of suspected heroin have been recovered, together with over 400 suspected grams of methamphetamine and about 140 grams of drugs, police stated. The seizure of heroin is the biggest within the historical past of the Orland Park Police Department.
The trio have been ordered held with out bond, police stated. They are due in courtroom Sept. 20.