SCRANTON — A Scranton woman faces drug charges after a traffic stop in the city Tuesday, police said.
Barbara M. Heredia, 32, 1821 Price St., was charged with intent to deliver a controlled substance, and related counts after officers from the Scranton Police Street Crimes Unit stopped her car for a window tint violation at 4:30 p.m. at 10th Avenue and Oxford Street.
After smelling marijuana, officers searched the car and found eight Lorazepan pills and three suspected ecstasy pills in Heredia’s purse.
After arriving at police headquarters, detectives found 5.2 grams of marijuana in her pants and six packets of heroin in her shirt, along with more than $800 in cash.
Bail and preliminary hearing information were not available Tuesday.
— ROBERT TOMKAVAGE