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EHC police seize 372 bags of heroin in three separate arrests

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[gallery type="slideshow" size="medium" ids="1661,1662,1660"] Egg Harbor City police seized 372 bags of heroin from three separate arrests within a week. Brian Foster, 19, of Egg Harbor City, was arrested Feb. 28, following an investigation by Sgt. Matt Landicini and Patrolman Keith Armour on the 200 block of Buffalo Avenue. He had 133 bags of heroin, police said. The two officers then arrested Leonard Allen, 26, of Egg Harbor City, on March 6 in the 100 block of Philadelphia Avenue. Allen was in possession of 36 bags of heroin, police said. The next day, Joshua Leonard, 23, of the city, was arrested by Sgt. Zach Perna with 201 bags of heroin, according to the charges. All three men were charged with possession and possession with intent to distribute. All three were released on summonses. Allen is currently in the Atlantic County Justice Facility on a failure to appear warrant in a domestic violence case out of Family Court, according to jail records.
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