3 Charged in Massive Meriden Drug Bust

Three people are facing charges after police raided a home on Springdale Avenue in Meriden and found heroin, morphine, cocaine, hydrocodone, suboxone, marijuana and more than $900 cash.

Investigators searched the residence at 159 Springdale Avenue on March 18 after neighbors complained about drug dealing in the area, according to police.

Authorities confiscated 113 grams of heroin, 2.8 grams of marijuana and small amounts of the other drugs, along with about $930 in cash.

Police arrested Angel Reyes, 29, and Noel Adorno, 24, both residents of a third-floor unit at the Springdale Avenue address, along with Luis Acevedo, 35, of Linsley Avenue in Meriden.

Reyes and Adorno were each charged with possession of narcotics, possession with intent to sell, possession with intent to sell in a school zone, possession of drug paraphernalia, operating a drug factory, sale of a controlled substance and possession of less than half an ounce of marijuana.

Their bonds were set at $250,000 apiece.

Acevedo was charged with possession of narcotics. His bond was set at $2,500.

All three are due in court April 1.

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