Cliffside Park Police Find Nearly Kilo Of Heroin In Minivan, Arrest Venezuelan National, 61

A routine traffic stop by Cliffside Park police turned up nearly two pounds of heroin in a minivan driven by a 63-year-old Venezuelan national, authorities said.

Jairo O. Lamk Alvarez
Photo Credit: *MUGSHOT: Courtesy CLIFFSIDE PARK PD*

Jerry DeMarco

09/30/2018 11:54 a.m.

Jairo O. Lamk Alvarez of Caracos had only a passport as identification when Officer Roy Kesenci stopped the Dodge Caravan as it headed north on Anderson Avenue Friday night because he was talking on his cellphone, Lt. Vincent Capano said.

Capano and Detective Daniel Murtagh joined Kesenci at the scene.

After receiving Alvarez’s consent to search the vehicle, they found the drugs stashed inside a back seat, the lieutenant said.

Alvarez remained held in the Bergen County Jail on Sunday, charged with possession with the intent to distribute the heroin, as well as possession of drug paraphernalia (a scale).

Borough police also notified ICE.

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