NEW BEDFORD - A Dartmouth man is arrested after bringing drugs into court.

Police say 40-year-old Jason Costa of Center Street in Dartmouth was being searched before being placed into a holding cell Wednesday morning at Third District Court when he was found to be in possession of a bag of heroin and ten suboxone strips.

Costa was arraigned on additional charges of possession of heroin and suboxone and was ordered held on $2,500 bail.

He's due back in court on March 8.

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