Three Brookline Suspects Arrested in Major Drug Bust

The Pittsburgh Bureau of Police Narcotics Investigations Unit arrested 43 people, including two men and one woman from Brookline, after a 10-month long drug trafficking investigation in Carrick.

Junius Smith, 38, is charged with delivery of heroin; Tyler Makstutis, 27, is charged with intent to deliver heroin; and India Frierson, 33, is charged with delivery of heroin.

Eleven more arrests are still pending.

Detectives began their investigation in April 2012 after numerous neighbor complaints. They seized 6,654 stamp bags of Heroin (street value of $66,540.00); 113 grams of crack cocaine (street value $13,560.00); 44 Xanax pills, 15 Vicoden pills, 6 Percocet pills, (combined street value of $650.00); five grams of marijuana (street value $100); 50 grams of K2-synthetic marijuana (street value of $1,000); six grams of hashish (street value $600); and $11,589 in cash.