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Secret Stash: Driver Busted, $81,000 In Drug Money Seized Near GWB, Bergen Prosecutor Says
Detectives in Bergen County arrested an out-of-state driver who they said was running drug money after they found $80,945 stashed in a secret compartment of his car.
Jose A. Rosa Vasquez, a 31-year-old Dominican National who lives in Hazelton, PA, was stopped in Leonia by investigators from the Bergen County Prosecutor’s Office Narcotic Task Force on Monday, Oct. 3.
A search of his vehicle “revealed a sophisticated, electronically operated hidden compartment containing numerous bundles of money,” Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said Wednesday.
Rosa Vasquez was charged with money laun…
'Granddaughter In Trouble': Garfield Detectives Save Would-Be Victim From Losing $7,500
A thief nearly pulled off a “granddaughter in trouble” phone scam, but Garfield police grabbed him before he could collect $7,500 from the elderly target, authorities said.
Manuel Robinson, 39, of Hazelton, PA, told the would-be victim his granddaughter in Florida had been arrested the night before and needed the money for bail, Capt. Richard Uram said Wednesday.
After following Robinson’s instructions to send the cash to a DeWitt Street address in Garfield, the intended spoke with his granddaughter, Uram said.
She immediately called Garfield police Wednesday morning, the captain said.
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