Police arrested three suspects and seized more than 242 grams of heroin and liquid methadone in a lengthy investigation into narcotics activity in Stratford that began in September.
Paul Lee, 40, Jennifer Kelly, 32, and Gregorio Perez, 59, are facing narcotics charges.
After documenting multiple narcotics sales involving the suspects in Stratford and Bridgeport, police obtained a search warrant for the suspects' home at 144 Wade Street in Bridgeport. Working with a statewide narcotics task force and Bridgeport Police Department, Stratford police located Lee and Kelly in the house and discovered 214.5 grams of heroin in the home upon serving the warrant Jan. 18.
Police charged Lee and Kelly with sale of narcotics, specifically heroin, and held them on $100,000 and $50,000 bonds, respectively.
Kelly admitted to police that she hid the third suspect, Perez, at her 241 Meadows End Road house in Monroe so that he wouldn't be arrested after police tracked him down there on Jan. 28, police said. Stratford and Monroe police and Kelly responded to the house and police found him hiding inside.
Kelly was additionally charged with possession of narcotics, specifically methadone, and hindering prosecution. Police held her on an additional $200,000 bond.
Perez was charged with sales of narcotics, heroin, sales of narcotics within 1,500 feet of a school and conspiracy to sell narcotics and was held in custody on a $500,000 bond. Lee also faces identical charges, as well as driving with a suspended license. Police held him on an additional $50,000 bond.
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Police seized more than 242 grams of heroin and liquid methadone in total in the operation.
