Crime & Safety
Police Find Heroin, AK-47 in Portsmouth Woman's Apartment
The following is based on reports from the Portsmouth Police Department. An arrest does not indicate a conviction.
A Portsmouth woman was arrested Friday after police discovered bags of heroin, an AK-47 and other illegal weapons in her Child Street apartment.
Mary Connell, 60, of 22 Child St., Apt. A, is accused of selling heroin out of her Portsmouth apartment.
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Detectives had been watching the Child Street residence for several months. During one point, Connell was seen delivering heroin to an informant, according to Portsmouth police.
On Friday, police conducted a search of the residence. Officers seized the following: small packages of heroin; more than $2,000 in cash; more than three ounces of marijuana; and several weapons, including an AK-47, a rifle and a 25-caliber handgun.
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Connell did not possess permits for any of the weapons at the residence.
She was arrested and charged with the following: delivery of heroin; possession of weapon during delivery; and possession of marijuana, more than an ounce.
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