Springfield police charge Luis Aponte and Edna Cintron with drug, firearms violations following raid on Malden Street apartment

Police confiscated 105 bags of heroin, 10 grams of crack cocaine, and a 9 mm handgun,

Springfield police photoLeft to right: Luis Aponte, Edna Cintron

SPRINGFIELD – Narcotics detectives arrested two people during a raid on a Forest Park apartment Wednesday night, and confiscated a large amount of heroin, crack cocaine and a handgun. police said.

Sgt. John M. Delaney, aide to Police Commissioner William J. Fitchet, said the raid at 36 Malden Street, led by detective Edward Kalish, resulted in the arrests of residents Luis Aponte, 30 and Edna Cintron, 33.

Aponte and Cintron were both charged with possession of heroin and possession of crack cocaine, each with intent to distribute, and possession of a large capacity firearm in the commission of a felony, possession of a firearm without a license and possession of ammunition without a firearms identification card.

Police confiscated 105 bags of heroin, 10 grams of crack cocaine, a 9 mm semiautomatic handgun, $1,090 and packaging materials.

The apartment in Malden Street is within 1,000 feet from the Brookings School.