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Meridian woman arrested after heroin, meth found in storage unit

Police say they found the drugs hidden inside a safe.
Credit: Ada County Jail
Vanessa Whalen

BOISE, Idaho — A Meridian woman has been arrested on a felony drug trafficking charge after police say found they found heroin and meth inside a storage unit.

Boise police officers on Tuesday afternoon served a search warrant on the storage unit - located on Maple Grove Road between Emerald Street and Franklin Road.

The raid came after the department received citizen tips and conducted a lengthy investigation.

Inside the storage unit, officers say they found a safe which contained more than 15 grams of suspected heroin, which was hidden in a makeup bag, and a small amount of a white substance that tested positive as meth.

Credit: Boise Police Department
Boise police say they found heroin and meth inside a storage unit on Tuesday, Jan. 22, 2019.

Investigators say the property inside the unit belonged to 26-year-old Vanessa Whalen of Meridian. She was arrested after a traffic stop and booked into the Ada County Jail on charges of heroin trafficking and possession of a controlled substance.

Whalen could face additional charges, police said.

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