Police in Narragansett and North Kingstown have charged two suspects with drug offenses.
Jeffrey Souza, 21, of 7825 Post Rd., North Kingstown, was charged with sale or delivery of heroin and conspiracy. William Ritzau, 42, was charged with sale or delivery of heroin.
Officers from the two towns obtained search warrants for the Budget Inn, on Post Road, North Kingstown, and arrested the pair.
Investigators confiscated heroin, $1,430 in cash, a 2002 Mazda registered to Souza, marijuana, drug paraphernalia, 32 upcoming Boston Celtics tickets, four upcoming Boston Bruins tickets, and nine upcoming New England Patriots tickets. The items seized were either used in the commission of, or proceeds from the sale of heroin, the police said in a news release.
Ritzau is on 25 years probation from a conviction in 2004.
Souza and Ritzau were arraigned before District Court Judge William Clifton and held without bail.