Heroin Dealer Busted In Napa After Posting Craigslist Ad: NSIB

NORTH BAY, CA — A Petaluma man accused of selling heroin in Napa County was recently arrested in an undercover bust in Napa, authorities said. Detectives with the Napa Bureau of Special Investigations began looking into the alleged heroin dealer, identified as Andrew Whitman, 27, of Petaluma, earlier this month when they linked him to a Craigslist advertisement for the drug, NSIB Lt. Gary Pitkin said in a news release.

"Whitman was posting the heroin for sale using one of heroin’s street names," Pitkin said. "NSIB reached out to Whitman in order to buy heroin from him."

Whitman allegedly agreed to meet an undercover NSIB detective at 11 p.m. Tuesday, April 10 in the 200 block of Soscol Avenue.

The detective met with and bought heroin from Whitman before additional NSIB detectives moved in and arrested Whitman without incident, Pitkin said.

In addition to the heroin Whitman allegedly sold the detective, he was found in possession of another 80 doses of heroin for sale and a digital scale used to weigh drugs, Pitkin said.

The Petaluma man was booked into the Napa County Department of Corrections for alleged heroin sales and possession.

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