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Newburgh city raid yields heroin, thousands in cash

Originally published: December 1, 2012 3:20 PM
Updated: December 1, 2012 3:40 PM
By NEWSDAY.COM

A heroin addict injects a heroin shot in

Photo credit: Getty Images | A heroin addict injects a heroin shot in a room, at the Konsumraume (consumption room) in Berlin. (Nov. 5, 2012)

A Friday morning raid on a Newburgh city apartment yielded almost $20,000 in cash and hundreds of packages of heroin intended for sale, police said Saturday.

Detectives began their investigation after getting complaints about someone selling drugs from the basement apartment at 77 Chambers St. Police secured a warrant for the apartment, and at 5:05 a.m. Friday they raided the home, Det. Lt....

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