A Delaware man was arrested at the mall while he was allegedly carrying nearly 1300 bags of heroin.
Lavar Jackson, 25, was arrested at the Christiana Mall in Newark, Delaware Sept. 16 after a brief struggle with drug unit detectives, investigators said. Jackson, who was the focus of an investigation targeting heroin sales, had 1299 bags of heroin and approximately $500 in suspected drug sale proceeds at the time, according to officials.
Police later determined Jackson had rented a unit at a local storage facility where he allegedly held weapons and more drugs. On Sept. 17, detectives obtained a search warrant and searched through the unit. They found an additional 2472 bags of heroin, a Mossberg 12 gauge sawed off shotgun, a .357 caliber revolver, a 9mm semiautomatic handgun, a .44 magnum revolver, a .380 semiautomatic handgun, a 9mm revolver, ammunition and material used to store large amounts of heroin, investigators said.
Police also determined two of the seized firearms had been reported stolen to the New Castle County Police and Maryland State Police.
Jackson is a convicted felon and prohibited from owning a firearm, investigators said. He is charged with drug dealing, possession of heroin, possession of a firearm by a person prohibited and other related offenses.
Jackson was arraigned at the New Castle County Court of Common Pleas and committed to the Howard Young Correctional Institution for lack of $254,000 cash bail related to the Sept. 16 arrest and $382,500 secured bail in relation to the Sept. 17 search warrant.
