SPRINGFIELD -- Narcotics detectives raided a Forest Park neighborhood home Tuesday night and seized 1,457 bags of heroin and a .40 caliber semiautomatic handgun with 200 rounds of ammunition and extra magazines.



"This is significant," Sgt. John Delaney said. "That's a lot of heroin."

The drug sells on the street for about $10 a bag, he said.



Police arrested the occupant of the home at 32 Wareham St., 32-year-old Michael Jones, and have requested a warrant for the arrest of his girlfriend, Caroline Baca, 30, of the same address, Delaney said.



"Surveillance officers positioned outside the target house observed Mr. Jones in a drug deal right before the raid," said Delaney, aide to Commissioner William Fitchet. "The officers moved in and arrested him without incident."



The handgun,a Smith & Wesson, had been stolen from its licensed owner during a residential break-in on Wilber Street in the Liberty Heights neighborhood on March 26, 2006, Delaney said.



Both Jones and Baca face charges of distribution of heroin, possession of heroin with intent to distribute, trafficking in heroin, possession in heroin in commission of a felony, possession of a firearm without a license, receiving a stolen firearm, possession of ammunition without an FID card, possession of a high-capacity feeding device and possession of a Class E drug with intent to distribute.

Jones denied the charges in District Court. He was ordered held in lieu of $100,000 bail which was then revoked due to a pending drug case. He was ordered to return to court on Sept. 13 for a pre-trial hearing.