The well-stocked stash house, on Alcott Street near Large in Oxford Circle, was supplying drug dealers across North Philadelphia, Kensington and Fairhill, said Narcotics Inspector Bob Snyder.
Police discovered the stash house after they started shadowing a heroin buyer at A Street and Somerset Tuesday night, Snyder said.
Investigators also tracked a woman making a heroin delivery near Willard and D streets that same night, and eventually connected the dots back to Alcott Street, Snyder said.
A tip led police to believe some 600 bundles of heroin were due to leave the stash house tonight for delivery, so they served a search warrant at about 5 p.m., said Deputy Commissioner William Blackburn.
Once inside, police found more 3,500 grams of heroin, two firearms and an extensive packaging operation that was up and running in the basement, Blackburn said.
Three men who were working inside the stash house were arrested on drug charges. Their names weren’t released last night.
Blackburn called the bust a “really significant confiscation.”
should i guess? nah, then i would be a racist— mariomick
it says it was dominican. so a guess isn't neccessary— MPatt24
Comment removed.- I'm sure if you could have gone you would have gone. Is everyone in your house drug free? For your edification this is not a class issue. I'm sorry to use class in your case...maybe it's that same old race issue to which you referred to German as your choice of genocide. We all know what came to them. How did you escape?— aden
What's truly disturbing is that I lived on the 5500 block of Large Street which about 1/2 block away from the 1400 block of Alcott less than six years ago. This kind of thing would've been unthinkable back then and would be absolutely absurd 10-15 years ago. This was once a very beautiful neighbor not very long ago! It's really sad to see my old neighborhood turn into a drug and thug-infested toilet!- You know what is funny? When I lived in the Northeast in the fifties and sixties you would not be able to find a person of Color let alone a Dominican and forget abt Heroin. They were both unheard of. Now what do you have. The entire city including I am sadened to say, what used to be the great northeast is being led by them and Heroin use is on the rise.— Barryboy
- Thank you, Democrats, for Section 8.— Barbouze
- A racist is a racist is a racist no matter your color or outside packaging. An a-hole is an a-hole is an a-hole no matter your color or outside packaging!— whatthe?
- I lived in the Wissinoming section of Philly growing up. At that time it was italians, german, irish. Sidewalks got swept. Mothers were home to watch their own kids. Fathers were working. Now, we have over 65% of black babies born without fathers, and baby daddy kids turning that city into a toilet. Nice going dems. keep glorifying single motherhood, hollywood.— maribello777
- The "Great Northeast" is dead. It has been taken over by the virus that destroyed North Philly and immigrants who can't survive here without resorting to crime. In my perfect world, Section 8 only comes with forced sterilization. End of problem in one generation.— Aroonie
- Folks, I agree about the abuses of HCV, or the Housing Choice Voucher (formerly known as Section 8) program in the city. But these guys were making millions. They just rented the place outright. It's a nice neighborhood, that's why they picked it. The landlord just rented it to them. It can happen in ANY NEIGHBORHOOD. That is the true message here. It can be your neighbor, so keep your eyes peeled, and stay sharp. If you suspect drug activity, report it anonymously to www.ppdonline.org and click on the tab "reports." Let the PPD know, because to Nutter's credit, his police commissioner is all about the new day, new way. Unlike Street, no ward leaders are getting contributions from these animals that sell misery and addiction.— CleanupPhilly
- I hope.— CleanupPhilly
- The good news here is that it's closed. But Philly has in the past tried to prosecute these cases locally, which means that they get right out of the PA state prison system and do what with their new GED and job training in construction? If you said "go right back into selling heroin" then you get the smart prize. This has to be prosecuted federally. There's no shame in that. The DA will get lots of high profile cases to work with. Plus, there are INS issues here. La Migra has to decide what to do, and it's not easy. Send them back to the Dominican Republic, where're they'll rent a fast boat to Miami and be back stateside in oh, two hours? The best outcome is federal pen, get them to work as CIs, take this whole network out of Philly. You've got the people who know more about the current heroin trade in Philly than anyone should ever know and live. They know who suppliers are that are probably working from Cuba, the DR, straight from Bolivia or Columbia. WHO KNOWS? This is the fish that gets the big boys. Don't put them in a Philly prison, where they'll buy a cell phone for $10,000 and have the people the feds need killed, first order of business.— CleanupPhilly
- I want an NSF t-shirt. Go PPD.— CleanupPhilly
- what does this have to do with section 8? anyway, I happen to live on alcott st just a few houses away from where it all happened, I also happen to be dominican and it saddens me to read the comment against my race, did any of you actually take a few seconds to think about all of the hard working dominicans that reside in the city of philadelphia? do you know how many families work 15-16 hour days just to feed their families and not have to be on welfare or be part of this messed up system, lets not be such generalists— abr
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