3 Vermonters charged with trafficking 1,400 bags of heroin

Three Essex County residents were arrested on I-91 and charged with transporting heroin into Vermont. Vermont State Police said the three were pulled over about 6:45 p.m. Thursday as they drove northbound near milemarker 69 in Hartford. Investigators said they searched the car and found 1,418 bags of heroin. The suspects were identified as Clair Deslandes, 58, Travis Pelletier, 27, and Logan Dupuis, 20. All three live in Island Pond. The trio appeared in Windsor Superior Court Friday afternoon for arraignment and each pleaded not guilty to charges of trafficking heroin. The men were held on $5,000 bail at Southern State Correctional Facility in Springfield. They will be in court again April 25. Download the MyNBC5 app | Like MyNBC5 on Facebook

Three Essex County residents were arrested on I-91 and charged with transporting heroin into Vermont.

Vermont State Police said the three were pulled over about 6:45 p.m. Thursday as they drove northbound near milemarker 69 in Hartford.


Investigators said they searched the car and found 1,418 bags of heroin.

The suspects were identified as Clair Deslandes, 58, Travis Pelletier, 27, and Logan Dupuis, 20. All three live in Island Pond.

The trio appeared in Windsor Superior Court Friday afternoon for arraignment and each pleaded not guilty to charges of trafficking heroin.

The men were held on $5,000 bail at Southern State Correctional Facility in Springfield.

They will be in court again April 25.

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