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Jemell Carter, 39, was stopped by the investigators on Summer and Fulton streets in Paterson following a drug deal on Jackson Avenue in Woodland Park on Tuesday, April 19, Passaic County Sheriff Richard Berdnik said.
In his car, Berdnik said, they found:
- the 9mm Hi-Point handgun;
- 700 heroin folds;
- the unpackaged drugs;
- illegally obtained pot;
- $2,522 in drug cash.
With Carter's consent, they searched his Taft Avenue home and found 10,750 heroin folds, more illegally obtained marijuana and $500, all of which were also seized, the sheriff said.
Altogether, the drugs were worth about $50,000 on the street, Berdnik said.
Carter -- who has a violent history involving guns -- was charged with various drug and weapons offenses, including being a convicted felon in possession of a firearm. He remained in the Passaic County Jail awaiting a first appearance in Central Judicial Processing Court in Paterson.
A 54-year-old Clifton man who Berdnik said was the buyer in the sale witnessed by detectives was stopped and arrested at the Clifton Stop and Shop. Detectives charged him with possessing 150 heroin folds and released him pending a hearing under New Jersey's bail reform law.
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