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Undercover agents: Dozens lined up for heroin at Blossom Park Condos

ORANGE COUNTY, Fla. — Undercover deputies said they took a number of heroin dealers off the streets Friday in a raid at the Blossom Park Condos in Orange County.

Channel 9's Shannon Butler was there as undercover drug agents from the DEA and Sheriff's Office had several men in custody, some of whom jumped from a third-story window to avoid being arrested, officials said.

Agents said they followed a suspected drug dealer to the condos and found people lined up down three flights of stairs waiting to shoot up with heroin inside.

Photos: Police find drugs, needles, cash during arrests at Blossom Park Condos

Agents said they were undetected until a marked car showed up outside for an unrelated incident. At that point, it looked like something out of a movie with dozens of people running away, leaving behind drugs and money, officials said.

Authorities said one suspect even jumped from a third-story balcony.

"I didn't jump from the third floor. He lied," the suspect said to Butler.

After the suspects were taken into custody, authorities said they found drugs, used needles, cash and gun inside the condo.

Piles of clothes, some with the tags still on them, were also recovered. Agents said addicts steal the clothes and trade them for heroin.

"Were you selling heroin?" Butler asked another suspect.

"No. Swear to God, I wasn't selling heroin," said suspect John Cartagena. "Why would I be selling heroin? I don't even live here. I live all the way in Bushnell. I was here helping. I came all the way over here to help a cousin move. I only smoke weed."

Following the arrests, several cars pulled up to the complex and drove off after hearing a heroin bust had just gone down.