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<p>SCRANTON &#8212; A federal grand jury has indicted a Wilkes-Barre man on drug trafficking and firearm offenses, the U.S. Attorney&#8217;s Office announced Tuesday.</p><p>Thomas Abreu Jr., 34, last known address as Scott Street, was charged with possessing with intent to distribute heroin after getting caught with drugs and firearms inside a Wilkes-Barre Township motel last year.</p><p>Abreu was arrested on July 26 after Wilkes-Barre Township police allegedly found a large amount of unpackaged heroin, packaging materials, guns and cash inside two rooms of a motel on Schecter Drive, according to a criminal complaint.</p><p>Police had investigated reports that Abreu had allegedly threatened an ex-girlfriend with a handgun in the area of Mundy and Kidder streets just before 3 p.m. Abreu was later spotted by police outside Motel 6 about 40 minutes later. Abreu ran into the motel when he saw a police cruiser.</p><p>Police said Abreu entered an adjacent room occupied by two people with a backpack. The occupants told police Abreu stashed sandwich bags full of suspected heroin under a mattress, about $1,000 in a dresser drawer and hid a red bag filled with unpackaged heroin in a trash can in the bathroom.</p><p>Three handguns were allegedly found in the backpack, police said.</p><p>Abreu was later charged with <a href="https://www.timesleader.com/news/local/380005/new-york-man-charged-with-intimidating-witness-in-wilkes-barre-township-drug-case" target="_blank">intimidating a witness</a> at his preliminary hearing.</p><style>
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<div class="metaInfo"><bylineMeta><p>By Joe Dolinsky</p><p>jdolinsky@www.timesleader.com</p></bylineMeta></div><div class="metaInfo"><shirttailMeta><p>Reach Joe Dolinsky at 570-991-6110 or on Twitter @JoeDolinskyTL</p></shirttailMeta></div>

Wilkes-Barre man indicted on federal drug and firearm charges