Sean Larnell Mitchell,Avid Edward Nalls, 27,and Abdul Fatir Cherry, 29, of East Orange, N.J., and two unidentified females were also arrested.
Sean Larnell Mitchell, 37, of Pittsburgh, claimed to have driven his cab from Pittsburgh to Harrisburg to pick up four people who needed a ride.Police pulled him vehicle over because he was driving without headlights and floating across the center lane.Troopers from the Somerset barracks said Mitchell was acting nervous so they asked to search his vehicle.In the rear cargo area of the Ford Windstar taxi, police found a black duffle bag filled with 15,000 stamp bags of heroin.Police estimate the approximate street value of the drugs is between $600,000 and $700,000.
The other occupants of the cab, Avid Edward Nalls, 27, of West Mifflin, and Abdul Fatir Cherry, 29, of East Orange, N.J., and two unidentified females were also arrested.Mitchell, Nalls, and Cherry were arraigned before District Judge Arthur Cook and placed in the Somerset County Jail in lieu of $1 million bond.
