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MAJOR BUST: Authorities Smash Trafficking Ring, Seize $1 Million Worth Of Drugs, Arrest 20 MAJOR BUST: Authorities Smash Trafficking Ring, Seize $1 Million Worth Of Drugs, Arrest 20
Major Bust: Authorities Smash Trafficking Ring, Seize $1 Million Worth Of Drugs, Arrest 20 A barber shop and used car lot were fronts for a large-scale North Jersey drug trafficking ring, said authorities who seized nearly 21 pounds of fentanyl, 7½ pounds of cocaine, a loaded gun and more while arresting 20 people in Hudson, Bergen, Essex and Union counties. Nearly two dozen locations in New Jersey and New York were raided and nearly four pounds of meth, more than a pound and a half of fentanyl and $118,395 in cash were seized by a team headed by the Hudson County Prosecutor’s Narcotics Task Force working with federal Homeland Security Investigations and the NYPD, they said Wednes…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Union City Police Officer, Emerson HS Graduate Alex Ruperto, 52, Dies Of Coronavirus Union City Police Officer, Emerson HS Graduate Alex Ruperto, 52, Dies Of Coronavirus
Union City Police Officer, Emerson HS Graduate Alex Ruperto, 52, Dies Of Coronavirus Union City police officer Alex Ruperto has died of coronavirus, the department said. He was 52 years old. “Alex was kind, patient, soft-spoken and genuine," Chief Nichelle Luster said. "Alex was a good person and an exceptional officer and I know we will all remember him fondly.” Ruperto of Glen Ridge graduate from Emerson High School in 1986, and then the Bergen County Police Academy (Class No. 82) in 1999. He was a founding member of the city's Emergency Services Unit (ESU) and most recently assigned as a detective in the training division. Ruperto is survived by two adult ch…

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by Cecilia Levine