Crime & Safety

Police: Massapequa Woman Charged in Lynbrook Heroin Sale

Valley Stream man, Massapequa woman found with total of 125 wax paper bags of heroin, cops said.

Photo: Noor Mayan (L) and Alyssa Romer. Credit: NCPD

Two people were caught in a heroin transaction in a Lynbrook parking lot Tuesday evening, according to Nassau County Police.

Narcotics detectives and a Lynbrook Police sergeant were investigating a “drug prone” area at 5:55 p.m. when they spotted a drug deal in the White Castle Parking lot, cops said.

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Noor Mayan, 30, of Valley Stream, and Alyssa Romer, 26, of Massapequa, were arrested and charged at the scene.

Romer was found with 50 wax paper bags of heroin that she had bought from Mayan, police said.

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Officers searched Mayan’s car and found another 75 wax paper bags of heroin, cops said.

Romer was charged with third-degree criminal possession of a controlled substance.

Mayan was charged with two counts of third-degree criminal possession of a controlled substance and third-degree criminal sale of a controlled substance.

Both will be arraigned Wednesday at First District Court in Hempstead.

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