Police find 1,000 bags of heroin in Hazlet hotel room after responding to call about sick child

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Monday, November 23, 2015
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HAZLET (WABC) -- Police found 1,000 heroin bags at a hotel in Hazlet, New Jersey after responding to a call about a sick child.

Police were called to the Holiday Inn on Thursday, and while helping the child in a room, officers spotted heroin. Nearly 1,000 packets of the drug were found.

The woman who rented the room was arrested and charged with drugs and endangering the welfare of a child.