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Officer Michael McMahon stopped Vittorio Rizzo, 42, of Belleville on the northbound highway for a variety of motor vehicle violations on Saturday, Police Chief Terence Kenny said.
McMahon summoned Detective Christopher Nichols and his K-9 partner, Ryker, who detected drugs in the vehicle, Kenny said.
A subsequent search turned up more than 14 pounds of marijuana, one pound of hallucinogenic mushrooms, Oxycontin and Adderall for sale, along with drug packaging materials and more than $3,000 in suspected drug proceeds, the chief said.
Rizzo was charged with several drugs counts, money laundering and other offenses. He remained held Monday in the Bergen County Jail pending a first appearance in Central Judicial Processing Court in Hackensack.
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