Paterson Drug Factory: 5,774 Heroin Folds, Pound Of Heroin/Cocaine, Gun, Ammo Seized, 4 Busted

A Paterson drug factory had reinforced metal bars on the windows, a metal gate for a front entrance and a surveillance system, said police who seized 5,774 glassine envelopes of heroin and nearly a pound combined of heroin and cocaine, along with a handgun, a high-capacity magazine and several dozen rounds of ammo.

Paterson police raided the Market Street rear apartment behind a beauty salon just off Mill Street.
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Jerry DeMarco

01/08/2019 1:35 p.m.

Narcotics Division detectives arrested four men while raiding the Market Street rear apartment behind a beauty salon just off Mill Street, where Police Director Jerry Speziale said drugs were packaged and sold -- often to replenish other area dealers' supplies.

Along with the heroin folds, Speziale said, police found:

four bags of heroin weighing 6½ ounces;
five bags of cocaine weighing nearly a half-pound;
10 vials and 13 baggies of MDMA weighing nearly an ounce and a half;
35 Ecstasy pills;
A jar of marijuana;
A .40-caliber Smith and Wesson handgun;
A box of 47 rounds of .40-caliber ammunition;
A high-capacity magazine.

Also seized was $1,663 in proceeds, the director said.

Charged were:

Richard Ocasio, 39;
Francisco Vidal, 51;
Edson Carranza, 35;
Twahee Howard, 38.

All are from Paterson, Speziale said.

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