Newport Police Confiscate Heroin After Surveillance in Tiverton

A confidential informant led to an arrest and confiscation of almost $3,000 of heroin Wednesday after surveillance in Tiverton, according to police.

Newport Police arrested Deana Furtado, 39, of 85 California St., Fall River and charged her with possession of drugs after police found the drugs in car. The informant said Furtado would arrive at Shell Station parking lot by the rotary at 2:00 p.m., driving a gold Cadillac. 

Police set up surveillance of the gas station and watched Furtado pull into the parking lot. The car's registration matched the address of a house in Tiverton where she had been staying, said police.

Police initially found 12 blue wax bags of heroin inside a black hat. Furtado then told police she had more heroin in the back of the car.   Police also found $640 of cash in a brown bag.

Detectives said they opened an investigation last fall because there was reason to believe Furtado was selling heroin in Tiverton and Fall River.