Prosecutor: 40 Pounds Of Pot, $5,500 In Drug Cash Found In Route 80 Stop

An Ohio driver had two duffel bags stuffed with 40 pounds of pot, along with $5,500 in suspected drug money, when he was stopped on Route 80 in Lodi, authorities said.

Cecil C. Chan
Photo Credit: *BERGEN COUNTY PROSECUTOR*

Jerry DeMarco

10/31/2020 11:35 a.m.

Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said detectives from his office stopped an Acura MDX driven by Cecil C. Chan, 67, on the westbound highway earlier this week as part of a drug investigation.

After a Bergen County Sheriff’s K-9 indicated drugs were in the SUV, the detectives searched it, he said.

The 18 kilos of pot was in vacuum-sealed bags, the prosecutor added.

Detectives charged Chan with first-degree pot possession and sent him to the Bergen County Jail. A judge in Hackensack released him pending further court action less than 24 hours later under New Jersey’s bail reform law, records show.

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