Joan Polanco, 23, of 261 Riverdale Ave. in Yonkers and Juan Santos, 35, of 934 Ogden Ave. in the Bronx, were arrested.

Joan Polanco, 23, of 261 Riverdale Ave. in Yonkers and Juan Santos, 35, of 934 Ogden Ave. in the Bronx, were arrested.traffic stop on Riverdale Avenue last night led members of the Yonkers Street Crime Unit to an apartment with $37,000 worth of heroin, police said.Police recovered 2,450 glassine envelopes of heroin, $7,000 in cash, and drug packaging material, police said.Police gave this account:Officers Christopher Hutter and Richard Devito stopped a car at 9:25 p.m. in front of 435 Riverdale Ave. after the driver failed to signal for a turn, police said.Inside the car the officers spotted glassine envelopes of heroin on the floor.
The officers obtained a search warrant for Polanco's Riverdale Avenue. Members of the Street Crime Unit and Narcotics Unit executed the search warrant on Polanco's home last night and found the majority of the heroin confiscated as well as the drug paraphernalia and money.Polanco is charged with second- and third-degree criminal possession of a controlled substance, felonies, and seventh-degree criminal possession of a controlled substance, a misdemeanor.Santos was charged with seventh-degree criminal possession of a controlled substance, a misdemeanor.

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