Members of Musella’s Narcotic Task Force and Fort Lee police stopped Alexander Mercado, 40, of First Street off Irving Avenue on Dec. 19 as part of an ongoing investigation, Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said.
Mercado was charged with money laundering and released pending a first appearance in Central Judicial Processing Court in Hackensack.
Musella’s people held onto the cash pending a forfeiture hearing, also in Superior Court in Hackensack.
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