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Tip Leads to $3,000 Heroin Bust

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An anonymous tip led to the arrest Wednesday of a Claypool woman who was allegedly dealing heroin.
According to a press release, Kosciusko County Drug Task Force officers responded to an anonymous tip indicating that a resident at 7420 W. Bensart Drive, Claypool, was dealing drugs. Officers met Wednesday afternoon with the homeowner – identified as Teresa Lavone Lambert, 48 – who allegedly admitted to selling heroin from her Beaver Dam Lake residence.
Deputies later located 15 small bags of individually packaged heroin along with approximately $800 in cash at the home.
Lambert was booked in the Kosciusko County Jail Wednesday and preliminarily charged with felony dealing a Schedule I controlled substance or narcotic. She was held on a $10,000 bond.
Kosciusko County Drug Task Force officers estimated the 15 bags of prepackaged heroin have a street value of approximately $3,000.