Palm Beach police arrested two 23 year-old residents Monday on charges of possession of heroin and sale of the painkiller oxycodone.

According to officials with the Palm Beach Police Department, Nicholas Batttelene and Alisha Johnson had narcotics and drug paraphernalia in their apartment at 264 Seminole Ave. A police searcdh of the premises uncovered syringes, marijuana pipes, burned spoons with heroin residue, and roxiconde, a generic form of the painkiller oxycodone.

According to police reports, Johnson sold $100 worth of roxicodone to a confidential informant. The drug buy took place at the apartment and will carry additional penalties because the residence is within 1.000 feet of a house of worship. Johnson allegedly told police that Battelene gets the roxicodone at a pain clinic. Authorities say Battelene filled a prescription for 180 roxicodone earlier in the day. When police conducted the search, they found 41 pills left in the bottle.

The possession, sale, or trafficking of illegal drugs and narcotics are serious crimes in the state of Florida. A conviction could result in years in prison and substantial fines. If you have been charged with a drug-related crime in the state of Florida, please contact the West Palm Beach drug crime defense attorney of Eric N. Klein & Associates, P.A., today by calling 561-353-2800