Police: Hudson Valley Man Found With Over 3,000 Bags of Heroin

An alleged Hudson Valley drug dealer was caught with over 3,000 bags of heroin on him, police say.

On Wednesday around 1:30 p.m., a Town of New Windsor police officer pulled a car over on Walsh Road in New Windsor.

During the traffic stop, the driver, 41-year-old Harold R. Perez of New Windsor, was allegedly found in possession of 440 bags of heroin.

A search warrant of the man’s New Windsor home yielded 2,651 more bags of heroin, police say. Authorities also seized $6,771.35.

Perez was charged with two counts of criminal possession of a controlled substance, both felonies. He was sent to Orange County Jail on $75,000 bail.

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