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Police: Woman Caught With Over 900 Bags Of Suspected Heroin In Western Mass.

WHATELY (CBS) – A 41-year-old woman is facing charges after police say they caught her with hundreds of bags of suspected heroin in Massachusetts.

A Massachusetts State Police trooper pulled over a pickup truck for motor vehicle violations at about 4:40 p.m. on Wednesday in Whately. As a result of an investigation, police say Corrina M. Carr, of Springfield, Vermont, was found with 901 bags of suspected heroin.

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Hundreds of bags of heroin seized in western Mass. (Image credit Mass. State Police)

Carr is being charged with trafficking in heroin/morphine/opium and failure to wear a seatbelt. She was held on $5,000 bail.

Earlier this week, police made a major drug bust in Methuen, seizing $1.2 million worth of fentanyl.

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