Massive Drug Bust Turns Up 400 Grams of Heroin in Kane County

Photo 1: Derek Paddy, Photo 2: Jessica Johnson, Photo 3: Leo Cook

Three Minnesota residents face drug charges after police pulled their vehicle over on Interstate 90 in Kane County and found 400 grams of heroin with an estimated street value of $80,000.

Kane County Sheriff’s deputies pulled over a 2007 Chevrolet Impala for an equipment violation around 1 p.m. on Wednesday on Interstate 90 near Route 47 in unincorporated Hampshire Township, according to a sheriff’s office press release.

A narcotic detection K9 was deployed around the exterior of the vehicle and the K9 indicated a potential presence of narcotics inside the vehicle, according to the news release.

A search of the vehicle turned up the heroin, a .45 caliber handgun, a 9 mm caliber handgun and $9,000.

Police arrested the driver, Jessica Johnson, 29, of Redby, Minn.; and passengers Leo Cook, 32, of Redby, Minn.; and Derek Paddy, 19, of Red Lake, Minn., according to the news release. They are all charged with unlawful manufacture/delivery of a controlled substance, a class x felony; unlawful possession of a controlled substance, a class 1 felony; and armed violence, a class x felony.

All three were taken to the Kane County Adult Justice Center where they all remained in custody as of Sunday morning on an $800,000 bond.