SPRINGFIELD, Mass. (MyFoxBoston.com) -- Two heroin dealers were arrested on Thanksgiving Day as they were making deliveries to their customers, according to Springfield Police.
Around 11:30 a.m. Thursday, Roberto Delgado, 51, and Michael Karam, 49, both of Springfield were arrested on charges of possession of heroin with intent to distribute, violation of a drug free school zone, conspiracy to violate the narcotics drug laws and possession of a class E substance (Clonazepam) with intent to distribute, police said.
Police received a tip that the pair, who run a heroin dealing operation across from the police department on Byers and Pearl Streets, were planning to make holiday deliveries in a white Buick. The officers set up surveillance and watched the pair get into the Buick and drive to a nearby laundromat, where they sold a bag of heroin to a customer waiting in the parking lot.
The duo was arraigned Friday in Springfield District Court.
Shortly after, the officers stopped and searched the Buick and found 178 bags of heroin packaged for sale, $933 and 161 pills of Clonazepam.