1PASADENA, MD – A 33-year-old Pasadena man was arrested Tuesday afternoon after detectives witnessed what appeared to be a hand-to-hand drug transaction in the Eastern District, authorities said.

Anne Arundel County Police reported that detectives from the Eastern District Strategic Patrol Team were patrolling near Outing Avenue and 229th Street around 12:17 p.m. on November 25 when they observed the exchange between a male passenger in a Jeep and a female pedestrian.

Officers stopped both individuals and determined the woman was in possession of controlled pills that had just been distributed by the male suspect.

Suspect found with additional narcotics, taken into custody

A further search of the vehicle uncovered additional pills, and detectives confirmed that the male suspect—identi

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