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Heroin found during bike ride
Ceres Cop Car

Riding a bike on the wrong side of the road and facing traffic led an officer on Wednesday evening, Sept. 14 to stop a rider who was found with a small amount of heroin.

During the 6:42 p.m. bike stop on Evans Road at Central Avenue, John Brown, 52, of Ceres, was found to be wanted for outstanding drug possession warrants. During a search a small amount of heroin was found in his wallet.

Brown was arrested on the warrants and now faces the new charges of probation violation and possession of a controlled substance.