Really? Police say man was counting 27 baggies of heroin in plain view on downtown street

SEATTLE -- Police said they arrested a man who was seen counting his heroin stash in plain view in downtown Seattle Monday afternoon.

Bike officers were on patrol downtown when they noticed a man acting strangely at 2nd Avenue and Stewart Street just before 1 p.m., police said.

The officers approached the man, police said, and could plainly see him counting baggies of heroin, all of which were individually marked with a price.

Police arrested the man and collected the alleged heroin as evidence. The suspect’s heroin had an approximate street value of $800.

Officer booked the 27-year-old man into King County Jail on investigation of drug possession.