From Henderson Police Chief Marcus Barrow
Officers of the Henderson Police Department arrested a 24-year-old Monday as a result of two search warrants carried out simultaneously at two homes in the city.
Taken during the searches were 1,500 dosage units of heroin, 3.5 pills of a Schedule II substance and more than $37,000 in U.S. currency, according to a press statement from Chief Marcus Barrow.
The warrants were for rental properties, one at 910 Buckhorn St. and the other at 929 Carroll Rd.
Leshawn Alston was arrested and charged with trafficking heroin by manufacturing, possession with intent to sell and deliver heroin, trafficking heroin by possession, maintaining a dwelling, misdemeanor possession of Schedule II, and misdemeanor child abuse.
Alston received a $200,000 bond and bonded out immediately, the press statement reported.
Barrow added that the owners of the properties have been sent appropriate letters of notifications regarding legal recourse.
