Pittsburgh Undercovers Make Big Drug Bust In Traffic StopDetectives Find Crack, Heroin In Fake Bottle BottomPOSTED: 11:55 am EST November 26,
2008 PITTSBURGH -- Undercover police seized more than $2,000 worth of crack, heroin and marijuana during a traffic stop in Pittsburgh's St. Clair Village neighborhood, according to WTAE Channel 4's news exchange partner, the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review.The detectives saw a vehicle with expired inspection and emission stickers on Fisher Street just before midnight, Pittsburgh police spokeswoman Diane Richard told the Trib.They saw the driver toss something -- which turned out to be a plastic bottle with a false bottom -- into the back seat, Richard said.After being given permission to look inside, police found that the bottle contained 51 stamp bags of heroin marked "Babylon," 30 bags of marijuana and 26 bags of crack cocaine, Richard said.The driver -- Brandon McClendon, 22, of Arlington -- was charged with several counts of possession with intent to deliver, Richard said.He could not show the detectives a driver's license or a registration card, and he said the car belonged to a friend, Richard said.
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