Man receives 5 years for possession of heroin | pal-item.com | Palladium-Item

Man receives 5 years for possession of heroin | pal-item.com | Palladium-Item: "Sergio Valenzula-Portela pleaded guilty to one count of possession of heroin, a felony in the first degree before his sentencing on May 28. He also forfeited the 2007 Mercury Mountaineer he was driving at the time of his March 4 arrest.Valenzula-Portela was driving through Preble County when the Ohio State Highway Patrol pulled him over for a traffic violation, authorities said. Police said in reports that he was nervous and gave an improbable story about a trip he was making from Denver to Fort Wayne, Ind.A drug-sniffing dog later alerted to police to four separate compressed packages of heroin in the center console; the total amount of the drug was approximately one kilogram."