Deputies arrest convicted heroin dealer

NEW HANOVER COUNTY, NC (WWAY) — The New Hanover County Sheriff’s Office, in partnership with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, arrested a convicted heroin dealer on new drug charges.

Investigators said after a three-month investigation, Roger Arthur Jr. was arrested Thursday in the 1000 block of Dawson Street. Arthur is facing charges including heroin trafficking after investigators said they found Arthur with 200 bindles of the drug.

Deputies say Arthur is a validated Blood gang member and was sentenced to federal prison for a previous heroin trafficking investigation.

Arthur is being held in the New Hanover County Detention Facility under no bond.

Wilmington Police and the F.B.I. Safe Streets Task Force assisted in the arrest.