Orange County authorities have charged a Graham man with trafficking heroin.

Albino Nieto Ontiveros. Photo via Orange County Sheriff’s Office.

Deputies with the Orange County Sheriff’s Office arrested 31-year-old Albino Nieto Ontiveros on Thursday following a buy. Officials from the Drug Enforcement Administration assisted local deputies in the arrest.

Nieto Ontiveros was in possession of a kilo brick of heroin, which is “roughly the size of half a pizza box,” according to law enforcement.

“The street value of the heroin is conservatively estimated to be $150,000,” Orange County Sheriff Charles Blackwood said in the release. “Typical practice would be for the buyer of the heroin to break the block into smaller units, increase the volume by adding a cutting agent, and then package it for resale. Often the cutting agent is fentanyl, a very dangerous substance, because it is even stronger than heroin. This practice can easily lead to unintentional overdoses.”

Nieto Ontiveros was charged with one count of trafficking heroin for possessing more than 28 grams, one county of trafficking heroin for transporting more than 28 grams and one count of maintaining a vehicle for the use, storage or sale of a controlled substance.

“Any day we remove this quantity of drugs from the community is a good day,” Blackwood said.

Nieto Ontiveros is being held in the Orange County Detention Center under a $500,00 secured bond and was scheduled to make his first court appearance Friday afternoon. Anyone with information on the case is asked to call Investigator Allen Cole at (919) 245-2928.

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