The teenager was behind the wheel when police, after watching Robert Nukho’s house, pulled the car over in Maywood last night.
Search warrants were obtained, and police reported finding more than a pound of marijuana, packaging materials and about $7,400 in cash, Detective Timothy Moran said.
Nukho was being held on $25,000 bail in the Bergen County Jail.
Charges include drug posession and distribution, employing a juvenile in drug dealing and possessing property from criminal activity.
Juvenile complaints against the teenager were being drawn up, police said.
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