Kilo Of Meth, Half Kilo Of Heroin Found In Chesco Drug Bust: DA

CHESTER COUNTY, PA — A drug trafficking organization that ferried crystal meth and fentanyl-laced herion from Mexico and California to Chester County has been busted, officials announced Thursday.

Jose Uriel Arreola-Ortiz, 27, who has an address in Merced, California, but is a Mexican national residing in the United States illegally, has been arrested and charged.

Arreola-Ortiz was first investigated when a confidential informant met him in Chester County in March 2019. The CI set up a deal to purchase a kilo of crystal meth from him. Arreola-Ortiz told him to put the money in a bank account under a false name, police said.

Once the money was in, Arreola-Ortiz mailed the meth to the CI. They communicated further, and Arreola-Ortiz agreed to sell him more meth, as well as heroin. On Aug. 29, the CI received the next package; instead of heroin, it contained mostly fentanyl that had been mixed with heroin, according to the DA's office.

Arreola-Ortiz returned to Chester County on Sept. 11 to pick up payment for the drugs, and he was met by detectives in Oxford and taken into custody.

He's been charged with drug trafficking. A preliminary hearing is forthcoming.