Nearly 10 kilograms of suspected drugs seized in Northampton County traffic stop

Federal prosecutors this week announced a Northampton County drug arrest involving nearly 10 kilograms of suspected narcotics.

The suspect, 51-year-old Samuel Paulino, of Union City, New Jersey, faces a maximum sentence of life in prison if convicted, United States Attorney David Metcalf said in a news release Wednesday.

Metcalf’s U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania says a grand jury indicted Paulino on March 25 for possession with intent to distribute 1 kilogram or more of heroin and 5 kilograms or more of cocaine…

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