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Prosecutor: Daughter, 1, Taken From Couple Who Had 5,750 Heroin Bags In Car
PARAMUS, N.J. – An Uber driver and his wife had their 1-year-old daughter in the car with them when they were stopped in Hackensack with 5,750 bags of heroin stashed in a secret compartment, authorities said Tuesday.
Henry Martinez-Diaz, 41, and Yanery Martinez-Diaz, 34, both of Paterson, were stopped on westbound Route 4 on Monday by Narcotics Task Force detectives, Acting Bergen County Prosecutor Dennis Calo said.
Along with the heroin found in an electronically operated “trap,” investigators seized $1,021 in suspected drug proceeds, he said.
A judge on Wednesday released the Martinez-Di…
