More than 6,000 bags of heroin recovered in Atlantic City

ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. -- Police say a simple drug transaction on an Atlantic City street led to the recovery of more than 6,000 bags of heroin.

Police say an officer conducting a narcotics investigation observed the transaction between two males at the corner of South Carolina Avenue and Bacharach Boulevard on Wednesday afternoon.

Arrests led to the search of a home on Magellan Avenue, where officers found 6,325 bags of heroin and more than $8,000 in cash.

Two men and a woman face drug charges.

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