Three Atlantic City men were arrested Saturday after shots alerted police to South Carolina and Adriatic avenues.
While investigating, Lt. Mark Benjamin Sr. saw a man matching the description of a possible suspect, according to the report.
Hamid Palmer was seen from the Surveillance Center conducting a drug deal, Sgt. Paul Aristizabal said.
Benjamin and several other officers converged on Palmer and two other men.
Palmer, 22, was found with a loaded handgun, along with more than 100 bags of heroin and six grams of cocaine, Aristizabal said.
One of the other men, 21-year-old Kareem Watson Jr., also had a loaded handgun and 40 bags of heroin, according to the report.
Omar Law, 21, had a single bag of heroin.
Palmer and Watson were charged with drug and weapons offenses and taken to the Atlantic County Justice Facility.
Law was issued a summons for possession.
Anyone with additional information is asked to call Atlantic City police at 609-347-5780 or the Criminal Investigations Section at 609-347-5766. Information may also be texted anonymously to tip411 (847411), beginning the text with ACPD.
NOTE: The Atlantic County jail is barred from releasing mugshots under an order by the former prosecutor.
