SPRINGFIELD, Mass. (AP) – Two men were arrested and charged with drug trafficking after authorities made what they are describing as the largest seizure of heroin to date in this city.

Miguel A. Sanchez, 33, of Hartford and Rubin Mendoza, 27, of Middletown, Conn., were arrested Friday night in the city’s South End, after police seized the equivalent of 10,000 bags of heroin with an estimated $100,000 street value.

The men were expected to be arraigned Monday on charges including trafficking heroin, possession of a firearm without a license, possession of ammunition without a firearms identification card, and carrying a firearm in the commission of a felony, the Republican of Springfield reported.

Police confiscated 2,360 individual packages of heroin ready for sale, 100 grams of pure heroin and a loaded 9 mm handgun, said Springfield Police spokesman Sgt. John Delaney.

“It’s one of the largest heroin seizures to date in the city,” Springfield Police spokesman he said. “It should set back the heroin trade for at least a few days.”

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