Crime & Safety
Heroin Dealer (109 Priors) Hid Stash in Buttocks Area: Police
A Boston heroin dealer with 109 prior criminal charges was arrested on Cape Cod Tuesday, police said.

Photo: Wykeem Price. (Credit: Yarmouth police)
YARMOUTH, MA — A Boston heroin dealer was arrested on Cape Cod during a traffic stop Tuesday, police said.
Wykeem Price, 29, allegedly hid four bags of heroin and 12 bags of cocaine in his buttocks area. He was the passenger in a rental car that was pulled over for a violation in Yarmouth Tuesday afternoon, police said.
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Officers recognized Price and the driver, a Harwichport woman. The pair have an "extensive" criminal history—Price has 109 charges on his record, police said.
Officers said the pair were acting suspicious, so a K-9 team searched the vehicle and detected drugs concealed in Price's buttocks area. Price was transported to the police station, where officers said they found the heroin and cocaine, along with a single prescription pill on him.
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Price was scheduled for an arraignment Wednesday.
In 2011, Price was charged with threatening a woman with a gun.
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