Heroin, Cocaine Arrest At Petro's Truck Stop: Police

WILMINGTON, IL — Wilmington Police Chief Phil Arnold said a 37-year-old Fort Smith, Arkansas man was arrested Wednesday night with heroin and cocaine after officers were called to the Petro truck stop on Lorenzo Road for two men slumped over inside a pickup truck.

At the truck stop, officers approached the pickup and spoke to the two men inside it.

"While doing so, officers noticed several baggies on the passenger side dashboard containing an unknown white substance," Wilmington's chief of police noted.

According to police, the passenger, Dustin L. Smith of Arkansas, was in possession of a hypodermic syringe and another bag of white substances.

The driver of the truck gave Wilmington police permission to search his truck, and officers found five additional bags containing the white substance, eight colored baggies containing a rock-like substance, a small plastic tube containing a marijuana cigarette, and three additional hypodermic syringes, Police Chief Arnold indicated.

After finding the drugs on the passenger side of the pickup, Smith told the Wilmington officers the items were his, police announced.

Further investigation and initial field tests determined the presumptive presence of nearly 5 grams of heroin and more than 1 gram of cocaine, Wilmington police noted.

The Will County State’s Attorney’s Office approved felony charges of possession of a controlled substance against Smith.

Bail for the Arkansas man was set at $25,000. He remained in custody on Dec. 26, unable to post 10 percent.