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State police

State police were called April 16 to the Scottish Inn, 1701 Catasauqua Road, Hanover Township, Lehigh County, to conduct a drug investigation.

Police say Delmario Amir Humphrey, 26, of 394 Park Avenue, Orange, N.J., was charged with possession of a controlled substance and possession with the intent to deliver a controlled substance.

According to police, Troop M Vice/Narcotics Unit, Bethlehem, initiated a drug investigation upon receiving information from a guest at the hotel that heroin was being sold in the parking lot. The call was received at 7:30 p.m.

Two bundles (20 baggies) of heroin were purchased from Humphrey by unit members, police said, and Humphreys was arrested in the parking lot.

A further investigation lead to the discovery of 24 full bricks (50 bundles per brick) and two partial bricks of heroin in a hotel room.

Police said, in total, 1,229 baggies of heroin were seized.

The heroin has a potential value of $8,000 to $10,000, police said.

Humphrey was arraigned by District Judge Robert Halal at Lehigh County Central Booking and lodged in Lehigh County Prison in lieu of $150,000 bail.

At a preliminary Lehigh County Central Court hearing April 23, the accused waived the charges to the Lehigh County Court of Common Pleas.