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<b>First Posted:</b> 11/19/2008<br><br>By Edward Lewis elewis@www.timesleader.comStaff Writer 
WILKES-BARRE &amp;ndash; Troopers with the state police Vice and Narcotics Unit at Wyoming had a busy Monday coordinating three controlled drug buys in  and Edwardsville that resulted in the arrest of four people and the seizure of a large amount of heroin.

Jehu Jean Jacques, 23, of Richard Street, Wilkes-Barre, was arrested shortly after he allegedly sold 10 packets of heroin for $160 on Oak Street in South Wilkes-Barre just after 5 p.m., according to the criminal complaint. 
After the alleged sale, Jacques drove away in a vehicle that police stopped on Lawrence Street. Police said in the criminal complaint they found 50 packets of heroin hidden in an air vent in the vehicle, and 10 packets of heroin in the door. 
Jacques was charged with two counts of possession with intent to deliver a controlled substance, and one count each of possession of a controlled substance and criminal use of communication facility. He was jailed at the Luzerne County Correctional Facility for lack of $25,000 bail. 
About an hour later, police arrested Willard Deron Gumm, 36, and Angela M. Wesley, 34, both of South River Street, Wilkes-Barre, after they allegedly sold heroin in the West Side Mall parking lot at about 5:45 p.m., according to the criminal complaint 
Gumm, also known as &amp;ldquo;Hillbilly,&amp;rdquo; and Wesley were charged with criminal conspiracy for possession with intent to deliver a controlled substance and possession of a controlled substance. Gumm was also charged with two counts of possession with intent to deliver a controlled substance, criminal use of communication facility and driving without a license. They were jailed at the county correctional facility for lack of $25,000 bail each. 
In the third bust, police arrested Sandra Hanie-Bechir, 36, address unknown, just before 11 p.m. after she allegedly sold 50 packets of heroin inside an apartment building on South River Street, Wilkes-Barre, according to the criminal complaint. 
During the controlled drug buy, Hanie-Bechir asked an undercover trooper if the trooper was an undercover officer. When she was assured that the trooper wasn&amp;rsquo;t a law enforcement officer, Hanie-Bechir exchanged the heroin for $600, the complaint says. 
Hanie-Bechir was charged with two counts of possession with intent to deliver a controlled substance, and one count each of possession of a controlled substance and criminal use of communication facility. She was jailed at the county correctional facility for lack of $25,000 bail. 
Preliminary hearings for Jacques, Gumm, Wesley and Hanie-Bechir are tentatively scheduled for Nov. 25 in Central Court.

4 jailed, heroin seized in controlled drug buys