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Pictured is heroin and cash seized in a Lynn arrest.
By GAYLA CAWLEY
LYNN — A Beverly man was arrested for heroin trafficking on Tuesday afternoon.
Gabriel Suazo, 30, was charged with heroin trafficking, disorderly conduct and resisting arrest, said Lynn Police Lt. Rick Donnelly.
Donnelly said the Lynn Police Drug Task Force saw a 2017 Hyundai Sante Fe in the Highlands that was suspected of dealing drugs around 3:30 p.m., and decided to watch the car.
Police followed the car through the Highlands and then saw it pull over on the right side of Tudor Street. A 32-year-old woman got into the passenger side, and the car drove about 150 feet up the road before she got out and walked away. The officer relayed information about the car to other units and went to talk to the woman, Donnelly said.
The officer caught up with the woman on the front steps of a home on the Lynnway, identified himself and asked her to stop. Donnelly said she “bladed” her body away from him and moved her arms up to her face. Police secured her wrists to keep her from moving and saw a clear plastic bag with suspected heroin at her feet.
Police checked her warrants, saw she had none and let her go. Suazo’s car was pulled over on Newhall Street, but he refused to roll down the window and appeared to be reaching into the console. Police asked him to exit the car, and he continued to reach into the console, Donnelly said.
Officers opened the car door and saw a plastic bag sticking out of Suazo’s pants pocket. He was pulled out of the car and struggled with officers before he was able to break free and run. While police chased him, they saw him pull the plastic bag out of his pocket and run with it in his hand, Donnelly said.
Suazo was eventually caught in a yard just off the Lynnway with a bag of drugs on him. He was arrested, and the bag, which contained 18 twists of suspected heroin, weighed approximately 51 grams, with a street value of $5,100. The drugs, along with $1,840 in cash and two cell phones were seized, Donnelly said.
Gayla Cawley can be reached at gcawley@itemlive.com. Follow her on Twitter @GaylaCawley.