Heroin Bust in Delaware County

Delaware County Sheriff's Officials say an on-going effort to crack down on drug trafficking in the county has resulted in two more arrests.

Friday night, Deputies arrested 29-year-old Patrick Ladd and 30-year-old Walter Lewis II in connection with drug sales in Downsville.  Officials say both men now live in Pennsylvania but were formerly from Delaware County.

The pair is accused of selling 73 bags of Heroin to an informant under the supervision of the Sheriff's Office.  Another 20 bags of Heroin were reportedly found in the vehicle of the suspects.

Ladd and Lewis were each charged with Criminal Sale of a Controlled Substance and Criminal Possession of a Controlled Substance.  They were both sent o the Delaware County Jail on 100-thousand dollars bail.