2 arrested after more than 2,100 heroin bags found during search

Over 2,100 bags of heroin were located after Wilmington police, the FBI and ATF searched a house on the 400 block of S. 17th Street after a month’s long investigation.

The Wilmington Police Department Gang Unit, the FBI Safe Streets Task Force and ATF found the bags of heroin and a .40 caliber handgun during a search warrant on Feb. 21.

The U.S. Marshals, with assistance from the Wilmington Police Department arrested 28-year-old Rashawn Hines in Burgaw and 27-year-old Kevin Freeman of Castle Hayne on Feb. 24. Hines was arrested in Burgaw in connection with the case.

Freeman is being held under a $2 million secured bond.

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