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Helicopter Called To Aid Search for Drug Dealer

The suspect was not located.

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Southampton Town police called in a Suffolk County police helicopter late Sunday night to aid in searching for a drug dealer.

The helicopter concentrated the search around the  area in North Sea. A K-9 unit was also called in. Police said a man fled from officers investigating a suspected drug deal. The man was not found and the investigation is continuing, police said.

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