Las Vegas police accuse man of selling heroin to undercover cops
Las Vegas police arrested a man accused of selling heroin to officers on multiple occasions, police documents show.
Officers arrested Johan Eduardo Espinoza-Felix, 27, Wednesday morning at The Palms, 4321 W. Flamingo Road. Espinoza-Felix agreed to meet with an undercover detective at the hotel for a drug deal, an arrest report said.
Metro also conducted a warranted search at an apartment near Twain Avenue and Swenson Street about the same time.
In total, police seized 225.6 grams of heroin and more than $29,000 in cash during the bust, according to the report.
The report states Espinoza-Felix sold heroin to the detective on four previous occasions in the weeks leading up to the arrest.
Prosecutors charged him Friday with several drug-related charges, court records show.
He was in custody at Clark County Detention Center as of Saturday night, and his bail was set at $250,000.
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