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Paterson PD: Mom With 3 Kids Among Group Busted In Drug Supply House
From a small Paterson apartment up the street from a grammar school, an area supplier provided street-level drug dealers with heroin, cocaine and crack, authorities said following a raid.
Led by detectives from their Narcotics Division, city police seized more than two pounds of crack and powdered cocaine combined, along with 1,560 heroin folds and more than $5,900 in proceeds, they said.
They arrested five people, they said, including a woman who lives in the Main Street apartment with three of her children.
Also collected were various materials used to package the drugs for sale.
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Paterson Detectives Bust Five, Seize 2,000 Heroin Folds, 82 Crack Bags, $5,255 Cash
Paterson detectives seized more than 2,000 heroin folds, 82 bags of crack and more than $5,200 in drug proceeds in a pair of busts.
The investigators were in an unmarked car Thursday night when they saw a heroin deal go down in the parking lot of the Popeye’s on Market Street, city Police Director Jerry Speziale said.
They moved in and arrested Muhammad R. Al-Barr, 49, of Newark, who they said sold 10 heroin envelopes to a 27-year-old Rahway woman, Speziale said.
Seized were 1,250 heroin folds, 82 crack baggies, two crystal meth baggies and $2,513 in cash, he…
