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Man who had over 100 bags of heroin waives hearing

A Lansford man who police say had over 100 bags of heroin on him before his arrest in Lansford waived his preliminary hearing Wednesday.

John Dominic Ferko, 29, remains in the Carbon County Correctional Facility in lieu of $50,000, 10 percent bail.Ferko was arrested on Sept. 5 in the 700 block of East Bertsch Street, Lansford, following an undercover drug purchase.He was arrested by Agent Charles Horvath of the Pennsylvania Office of the Attorney General.The hearing was scheduled before District Judge Casimir Kosciolek of Lansford.Horvath wrote in the affidavit that on Sept. 5, he met with an individual willing to purchase 30 bags of heroin from Ferko.After the purchase was made, Ferko was pulled over in the 100 block of West Abbott Street in Lansford. At that time, Horvath said, there were 74 additional bags of heroin inside his vehicle "in plain view." Also in the vehicle was the money used to purchase the initial 30 bags of heroin.Ferko has been charged with delivery of a controlled substance, possession with intent to deliver a controlled substance, both felonies, and possession of a controlled substance.