Heroin Dealer On Parole Arrested In Prescott Valley Area

38-year-old Benjamin Lauer from Prescott Valley a heroin distributor.

In recent weeks, Partner’s Against Narcotics Trafficking (PANT) detectives obtained information regarding heroin sales in the Prescott Valley area. PANT has been monitoring overdose incidents and tracking likely connected traffickers in the Prescott basin to aid in developing suspects who are involved in the sales of narcotics. One of these investigations resulted in the identity of 38-year-old Benjamin Lauer from Prescott Valley as a heroin distributor.

On March 21, 2018, with assistance from Prescott Valley Police uniformed personnel, Lauer was arrested near a park at the corner of Summer Walk Way and Antelope Meadows Drive in the Pronghorn subdivision of Prescott Valley. During the initial contact with Lauer, he ran from police officers and was eventually caught hiding in a bush. A Prescott Valley K9 Officer recovered over 7 grams of heroin and 2 grams of methamphetamine found nearby. Lauer had also thrown his cell phone and ID card which were found and seized.

Detectives conducted follow-up at Lauer’s nearby home in the 7800 block of E Smoke House Lane. During the investigation and subsequent search warrant, detectives recovered accounting evidence of drug transactions, thousands in cash, scales, drug paraphernalia and an additional quantity of methamphetamine.

Lauer was booked into the Detention Center in Camp Verde and remains in-custody without bond due to a hold by State Parole.

PANT detectives remain committed to finding and arresting those willing to sell poison in our communities.

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