Deputies bust alleged heroin dealers

HENDERSON COUNTY — Two alleged heroin dealers were arrested following a New Year’s Eve traffic stop in Henderson County that led deputies to suspected meth, heroin and drug paraphernalia.

According to our news partner KETK, Henderson County sheriff’s deputies stopped a vehicle about 5:45 p.m. in the 600 block of Peach Tree Road in the Mabank area. A deputy identified the driver and passenger as Karin Elizabeth Beamon, 47, and Amanda Grace Hayes, 46. Additional deputies and a K-9 unit were called to the scene to conduct an open-air sniff. The K-9 alerted on the vehicle, and deputies searched the car where they found suspected methamphetamine in a plastic bag, a used glass pipe and other drug paraphernalia.

During the investigation, deputies learned the women were allegedly planning to travel to Dallas to purchase heroin and bring it back to Henderson County. Hayes also admitted to concealing a plastic bag containing a large amount of heroin on her person, according to deputies.

Both women were arrested and booked into the Henderson County Jail.

Beamon is charged with possession of a controlled substance and manufacture or delivery of a controlled substance, while Hayes is charged with manufacture or delivery of a controlled substance, tampering with or fabricating physical evidence and possession of drug paraphernalia.