Police: Drug dealer dialed wrong number, got detective

ALBUQUERQUE, Feb. 2 (UPI) -- Police in New Mexico said they arrested a woman who dialed the wrong number and offered to sell drugs to the wrong person -- a police detective.

Albuquerque police said Renea Lucero, 30, apparently dialed the wrong number Wednesday afternoon when she called a police detective and asked if he was interested in buying any cocaine or heroin.

The detective, who was familiar with Lucero from a previous case, arranged to meet Lucero at a location in the city to purchase drugs.

Police said the detective called for backup, and officers met with Lucero, who was observed removing heroin from her bra and handing it off to Luciano Navarro, her driver.

Navarro sold the heroin to the undercover detective for $30, police said.

Lucero, Navarro and another woman who was in the car were arrested, police said.

Lucero allegedly admitted to officers that she had accidentally called the detective, thinking it was the phone number of her boyfriend's friend. She said she was trying to raise gas money for a trip to Los Lunas.

Jail records show Lucero was released from custody Thursday.