Cape Cod Heroin Dealer Arrested: Police

YARMOUTH, MA — A Cape Cod heroin dealer who also had cocaine was arrested during a routine traffic stop, police said Monday. Juan Ortiz, 54, of Yarmouth, allegedly hid the drugs in an aspirin bottle.

Ortiz was pulled over February 27 in Yarmouth on Long Pond Drive after an officer clocked him driving his black Subaru 45 mph in a 30 mph zone.

"During the stop Officer (Nick) Ambrosini observed a small knotted clear plastic bag with a white powder in it sitting inside the door handle on the driver’s door believed to be cocaine," Yarmouth police said in a statement. "Ortiz admitted to the Officers that the bag contained cocaine and he was placed under arrest ... Ortiz advised the Officers that he had some heroin in a bottle on the front seat. Officer Ambrosini located a Walgreens aspirin bottle and inside the bottle were 10 small clear knotted plastic bags containing a brown powder identified as heroin."

Police then searched Ortiz's Swan Pond Village apartment and said they found $200 in drug profits. Ortiz was charged with heroin possession with intent to distribute and cocaine possession. He was arraigned in Barnstable District Court and released pending a trial.

Photo: Juan Ortiz's mugshot following his arrest on drug charges in February 27, 2018. (Credit: Yarmouth Police Department)