Heroin investigation results in Bensenville bust

DuPage County law enforcement officials arrested three Chicago residents in connection with a two-month long heroin trafficking investigation on Thursday, authorities said.

Laquantus M. Davis, 32 and Naisha I. Weems, 32, both of he 1500 block of South Kostner No. 1 in Chicago, were arrested in the investigation. Alfredrick Ellis, 27, of the 3600 block of West Polk in Chicago was also arrested. All three are charged with unlawful delivery of heroin. That is a Class X felony punishable by six to 30 years in prison.

The DuPage County Metropolitan Enforcement Group, Bensenville Police Department and the DuPage County State’s Attorney’s Office coordinated the investigation. Agents conducted a series of undercover purchases of heroin during the operation. A total of 489 packets of heroin was purchased, authorities said.

Davis, Weems and Ellis were eventually arrested at a location on the 1100 block of South York Road in Bensenville. All three are currently housed at the DuPage County Jail with $150,000 bonds.

The Bensenville arrests follow a heroin bust in Antioch earlier this week that resulted in two arrests and the recent seizure of 20 kilograms of heroin and more than $1 million during a federal investigation that lead to a Des Plaines home.