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http://www.delawareonline.com/artic...han-17-000-bags-of-heroin-seized-during-chase
*that value is off, it should be about half that*
*that value is off, it should be about half that*
Police say a suspected drug trafficker tossed a package containing more than 17,000 bags of heroin out the window of his SUV as officers pursued him on Tuesday.
The chase began about 5 p.m. when Michael Pritchett, 25, of the 1300 block of Vandever Ave. in Wilmington, was on an off ramp at Gov. Printz Boulevard and I-495 in Fox Point.
Wilmington and New Castle County officers attempted to stop Pritchett’s 2001 Ford Expedition, but he led them on a chase through the northeast part of the city.
Master Sgt. Steven Barnes, Wilmington police spokesman, said Pritchett tossed the bundle of drugs out in the 1300 block of E. 27th St.
At 25th and Broom streets, Pritchett stopped the SUV and fled on foot, Barnes said.
After a search by city, county and state police, Pritchett was apprehended while coming out of a wooded area in the Augustine Ridge development, east of Augustine Cutoff.
Police charged Pritchett with trafficking in heroin over 50 grams and related counts. He was being held in Young Correctional Institution in Wilmington in lieu of $739,500 bail.
Barnes said the package Pritchett tossed out containted 17,674 bags of heroin packaged for sale and stamped “Lottery.” The drugs are valued at $176,740, he said.
Police also seized the SUV, valued at $10,000