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Mpls. Police: 'Substantial Amount' Of Heroin Recovered After Police Pursuit

MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) -- Minneapolis police say they recovered a substantial amount of heroin after a police pursuit of a suspect that ended in a crash Friday afternoon.

Shortly before 1:30 p.m., a police officer attempted to stop a suspicious vehicle, but the suspect fled.

After a short pursuit, the suspect vehicle struck another car on 51st Street East and Nicollet Avenue South. The occupant of the other car, a female victim, was taken to the Hennepin County Medical Center with non-life threatening injuries.

Police Chase Leads To Crash, Heroin Bust
(credit: Mpls. Police)

The suspect was then arrested and police recovered the substantial amount of heroin.

The suspect will be booked into the Hennepin County Jail for probably cause fleeing and narcotics.

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