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Tapping A Vein: Route 208 Continues To Deliver Drug Arrests For Franklin Lakes PD
Franklin Lakes police continued to pick accused offenders off Route 208, including four in a little over a day and a half.
Arrested Saturday and later released pending a hearing on possession of Xanax, pot and drug paraphernalia charges were a Queens couple, Ryan Samtamaria, 20, and Andrea Kearney, 18, Capt. John Bakelaar said.
Officer David Blum, who stopped the pair, made another drug arrest on the highway hours earlier, charging Stephen Smith, 39, of Bushkill, PA with possession of heroin and hypodermic needs, Bakelaar said. Smith was released pending a hearing.
The day before, Officer…
Paterson Couple Busted With Drug Trove: Cocaine, Ecstasy, Oxy, MDMA, More, Police Say
A Paterson couple were busted with a huge variety of drugs for sale, including three-quarters of a pound of cocaine and hundreds of Ecstasy, Oxycodone, Xanax and Percocet pills, authorities said.
Besides the cocaine, Police Director Jerry Speziale said Victor Melecio, 27, and 28-year-old IsaMaria Bonilla of Jefferson Street were caught with:
178 Ecstacy pills;
80 suboxone film strips;
37 Oxycodone pills, following the sale of nine others;
36 Xanax tabs, having sold two;
20 Endocet pills;
8 Percocet pills;
Eight baggies of MDMA;
More than five ounces of pot packaged in 43 containe…
