I-95 traffic stop yields heroin bust
The Sumter County Sheriff’s Office has charged a New York man with trafficking heroin after finding more than $10,000 in street value of the suspected drug on him during an Interstate 95 traffic stop on Thursday.
Samuel Valles, 40, of Bronx, New York, faces one count of trafficking heroin, as well as one count of possession of marijuana, after an estimated 52 grams of suspected heroin with a street value of $10,400, were found by officers during a search.
The driver of the car, 38-year-old Omar Shabazz of Lakewood, Colorado, was also charged with a single count of possession of marijuana.
Both men were traveling in a rental car issued to a third person by a Savannah rental agency. The vehicle, which was scheduled to be returned to the company two weeks ago, was towed from the scene.
Both Valles and Shabazz were transported to Sumter-Lee Regional Detention Center to await a bond hearing.