BENNINGTON, Vt. (NEWS10) – On Saturday morning, the Bennington Police conducted a traffic stop on a Massachusetts registered vehicle.
The stop took place on School Street in Bennington.
As police inspected the vehicle and driver, they uncovered 240 bags or heroin and more than $300 in cash in the possession of 44 year old Dean Carbone of Springfield Massachusetts.
The heroin has a street value of about $3,000. The “stamp” on these 240 bags of heroin has been found at the scene of several recent overdose’s.
Carbone is being held on $25,000 bail and is scheduled to be arraigned on Monday, December 18th, for the charges of trafficking heroin, sale of a regulated drug and possession of a regulated drug.