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Detectives carrying out a search warrant at the West State Street apartment of Cesar Cedeno-Correa found about 6.6 pounds of cocaine and $195,000 in cash in a backpack in the bedroom, Mercer County Prosecutor Angelo J. Onofri said.
An additional 2.1 ounces, as well as a money counter and two digital scales, were also found during the search, authorities said.
The total value of the confiscated cocaine is estimated at $300,000, Onofri said.
Cedeno-Correa was arrested and charged with several narcotics-related offenses, as well as money laundering.
A motion has been filed to detain Cedeno-Correa pending trial.
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