Two N.O. men arrested with $2,000 worth of heroin and $1,350 cash in a vehicle stopped in Chalmette

Rashan Angeletta, booked with heroin in Chalmette

Carl Heim, booked with heroin in Chalmette.

Two New Orleans men were carrying $2,000 worth of heroin and $1,350 in cash in a vehicle on Saturday, Aug. 30, when they were stopped in Chalmette by a sheriff’s deputy who noticed there wasn’t a visible license plate, Sheriff James Pohlmann said.

More than 16.5 grams of heroin in 28 small bags and the cash were recovered but both men denied it belonged to them, the sheriff said.

One of the men’s one-year-old child was also in the vehicle when it was stopped on West Judge Perez Drive just after noon. The child was released to the custody of a relative.

Dep. Ryan Lopez, assisted by Dep. Lance Kramer, made the arrests.

Rashan Angeletta, 28, the driver, and Carl Heim, 28, were both booked with possession with intent to distribute heroin and with illegal use of a controlled, dangerous substance in the presence of a juvenile.

Angeletta was also booked with having no driver’s license or insurance, having a fake motor vehicle inspection sticker, with having illegal tinted windows and with improper display of a temporary tag. Heim was also booked with resisting an officer.

Both men are being held in St. Bernard Parish Prison in lieu of bond set at $25,000 each.