Traffic stop results in big heroin find

RAVENSWOOD, W.Va. — Police in Jackson County made what they call the county’s largest heroin bust on record following a traffic stop back on Friday.

Ravenswood police made a traffic stop on state Route 68 after noticing a broken tail lamp. They said one of the women in the car was acting nervous so the vehicle was searched. A K-9 found 516 grams of heroin. Police said the drug was worth $125,000.

Police arrested Latizhon Hill, 27, and Candice Brown, 34, both of Rock Hill. S.C. They are in the South Central Regional Jail on $250,000 bail each.





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