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Fri Jan 31, 2020, 10:21 PM Jan 2020

Heroin hidden inside can of baby formula in New Kensington, PA apartment

New Kensington police and state drug agents say they found heroin packets hidden inside a can of baby formula when they raided a New Kensington apartment.

The raid on Constitution Boulevard Thursday turned up about 9.5 grams of uncut, loose heroin, six pieces of crack cocaine, two baggies of marijuana and more than 1,300 individual packets of heroin, according to police. About a quarter of the heroin — 325 packets — was inside a baby formula can found in the apartment. A baby was in a bedroom in the apartment when police raided, officers wrote in criminal complaints filed in the case.

Police also allegedly found a pistol hidden in the couch.

Michael Todd Lasko, 28, and Yazmene Dionna Bassett, 23, both from New Kensington, and Antoine D. Drew, 41, of Chicago, are accused of multiple drug offenses and child endangerment. Lasko was wearing a pretrial electronic ankle bracelet when arrested.


https://triblive.com/local/valley-news-dispatch/police-heroin-hidden-inside-can-of-baby-formula-in-new-ken-apartment/

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Heroin hidden inside can of baby formula in New Kensington, PA apartment (Original Post) left-of-center2012 Jan 2020 OP
the drug war is prohibition stupid. pansypoo53219 Jan 2020 #1
As are people who endanger children Harker Jan 2020 #2
Because making drugs illegal with severe punishment creates high paying jobs for ... marble falls Feb 2020 #3
Yes. It's a vicious circle. Harker Feb 2020 #4
Children always are. Taking them away from their parents seems as likely to ruin ... marble falls Feb 2020 #5

marble falls

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3. Because making drugs illegal with severe punishment creates high paying jobs for ...
Sat Feb 1, 2020, 09:02 AM
Feb 2020

violent armed people.

marble falls

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5. Children always are. Taking them away from their parents seems as likely to ruin ...
Sat Feb 1, 2020, 11:57 AM
Feb 2020

their lives further as it is to make it better for them.

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