Uber Driver Sold Heroin Out Of Car - Including To Troopers: DAs

It went from bad to worse for an Uber driver who allegedly sold heroin to undercover State Troopers out of his livery vehicle in Boston.

Ariel Pimental, 26, of Lawrence was arraigned Wednesday in South Boston Municipal Court on three separate dockets, two charging distribution of a Class A substance and one charging trafficking in heroin. Police then allegedly found more heroin at his home in Lawrence, of which he will be separately charged in Essex County at a later date.

Pimental twice made $200 heroin sales to Troopers in September, prosecutors said. He also allegedly had more than 20 grams of heroin on him when he was arrested.

Police learned over the summer an Uber driver - later identified as Pimental - was dealing heroin in and around Boston. Troopers contacted Pimental over the phone and made undercover purchases from him throughout the fall, prosecutors said.

On Nov. 14, a Suffolk Superior Court judge approved a search warrant for Pimental's residence and the 2013 Chevrolet Tahoe with livery plates in which Pimental allegedly sold out of. Police stopped the Tahoe about 2 p.m. that day, arrested Pimental, searched the vehicle, and recovered about 22 grams of heroin, prosecutors said.

Troopers and Lawrence Police separately executed the search warrant at Pimental’s Common Street home, where another 26 grams of heroin was found, along with about $4,000 in cash. Pimental is expected to face charges for the heroin in his home in Essex County in the future.

Bail was set at $60,000. Pimental must wear a GPS device, surrender his passport, and remain under house arrest if he posts bail.

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