NORTHAMPTON - State police arrested two Connecticut residents Thursday night during a routine traffic stop on Interstate 91 after a trooper discovered a large amount of prepackaged heroin in their car, police said.
Shelly L. Smalley, 40, and Joshua M. Williams, 27, both of South Windsor, Conn., were arrested on charges of possessing a class A substance (heroin) with intent to distribute, state police said.
According to Trooper Robert Wyckoff, desk officer at the Northampton state police barracks, at 6:25 p.m., Smalley and Williams were stopped just north of Exit 19 on I-91 North for having only one license plate attached to the 1999 Mercury Mystique they were traveling in.
Wyckoff said that during the stop, Smalley, the driver, and Williams, the passenger, were asked to step out of the car. In searching the car, the trooper found 86 bags of heroin, Wyckoff said.
Smalley and Williams were being held at the Northampton barracks Thursday night, Wyckoff said. Smalley was being held on $1,000 bail and Williams on $5,000 bail. Both are expected to be arraigned in Northampton District Court today.
- OWEN BOSS
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