Dillingham Police say they are closing in on a suspected heroin dealer who’s been at the center of a days-long manhunt in the Western Alaska community.

Christian Andre Young, 24, is wanted on a robbery warrant out of Anchorage and is a felony probation absconder, according to a wanted posted distributed by Dillingham Police. Officer Cox, with the Dillingham Police Department, says Young is known to authorities and has traveled from Anchorage to Dillingham several times in the past to distribute heroin.

Police believe Young had been in Dillingham for about a week when they received information that he was at the airport on Friday trying to leave town under a fake name. Police attempted to bring Young into custody at the airport but he ran away and escaped, Cox said.

Police Officers and Alaska State Troopers in Dillingham have been searching for Young ever since. Authorities have conducted door-to-door searches and have received numerous tips from community members, but the search effort turned up few clues until early Tuesday, when police received a ‘credible anonymous tip’ that Young was hiding out near the Dillingham harbor.

“We believe he’s on a boat,” Cox said. “We searched one boat and he was gone by the time we got there. We believe we’re closing in on him.”

Young is considered dangerous and has assaulted police officers in the past, Cox said. Police believe he has been receiving help evading police since the search began on Monday.

“We believe he’s receiving some assistance,” Cox said. “We want to be clear that whoever’s helping is going to be charged and arrested as well.”