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Crack Cocaine, Ecstasy, Hundreds Of Oxycodone Pills Found In Trenton Bust: Police
A Trenton man was slapped with charges after an investigation into narcotics sales led to the discovery of crack cocaine, ecstasy, Xanax, and hundreds of Oxycodone pills, authorities said.
Trenton Police detectives carried out a search warrant at 32 North Hermitage Ave. on Tuesday, Oct. 18 following several complaints involving illegal narcotics sales, the department said in a Monday release.
The search turned up 60 grams of crack cocaine, 12 ecstasy pills, two Xanax pills, 205 Oxycodone pills, and $2,650 in cash, the release said.
Martea S. Harrington, 59, was subsequently arrested and ch…
$300K In Heroin, Fentanyl Seized, Man Charged In Mercer County Drug Investigation: Prosecutor
An Illinois man was charged after a Mercer County drug investigation turned up approximately $300,000 worth of heroin and fentanyl, authorities announced.
Job Carranza-Ocampo, 31, had about two kilograms of heroin as officers investigating drug distribution in the area conducted a search of his Ford F150 in a parking lot on Route 130 in Hamilton Township on Thursday, Feb. 17, Mercer County Prosecutor Angelo J. Onofri said.
Carranza-Ocampo, 31, also had $467 in cash, and a kilogram of fentanyl was found on the ground behind his truck, authorities said.
The combined street value of the subst…
3 Charged In Mercer County Narcotics, Weapons Bust
Three suspects were arrested and slapped with drug and weapons charges in a Mercer County narcotics bust last week, authorities said Wednesday.
Xaview Colon, 20 and Bashawn Newton, 28, of Trenton, as well as Jennifer Halcomb, 39, of Maple Shade, were seen in a suspected narcotics sale on Jan. 19, Trenton Police Director Steve E. Wilson said.
A follow-up investigation found Colon to be in possession of a handgun with a high-capacity magazine and a large quantity of heroin, police said.
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Traffic Stop Leads To Recovery Of Drugs, 2 Arrests In Atlantic City
A motor vehicle stop resulted in the arrest of two men and the recovery of a large quantity of drugs, authorities said.
At 12:41 a.m. Sunday, Atlantic City Police Officer Jesse Oliver-Logan, his K9 partner Gee, and Officer Erica Britko, conducted a motor vehicle stop at Arkansas and Atlantic Avenues on a vehicle with expired registration and tinted windows, police said.
Gee, a canine trained in the detection of narcotics found a large quantity of narcotics in the vehicle, police said.
Officers arrested the driver, Manny Napoles, of Atlantic City, who was found to be in possession of 134 gr…
10 Arrested On Drug Charges In Atlantic City, 1,050 Heroin Bags Recovered
An investigation into the distribution of narcotics from two Atlantic City residential buildings resulted in the arrest of 10 people and the recovery of multiple handguns and drugs, authorities said.
Detectives recovered three handguns, 1,050 bags of heroin, three pounds of ecstasy, more than seven ounces of methamphetamine, 1.5 ounces of cocaine and nearly $14,000 in cash, according to Atlantic City police.
On Thursday, members of the DEA Liberty Mid-Atlantic High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area (HIDTA) Task Force, Atlantic County Prosecutor’s Office, and Atlantic City Police Department Sp…
Drug Bust: NJ Pair Had Over 800 Heroin, Crack Cocaine Bags, Suboxone In Traffic Stop, Cops Say
Police found hundreds of bags of heroin and crack cocaine after stopping a couple in Warren County earlier this month, authorities said.
Vincent Noel, 55, and Colleen Coghlan, 33, were pulled over for several violations on Feb. 16, Phillipsburg Police said.
A subsequent search of the vehicle turned up 700 bags of heroin and 129 bags of crack cocaine, as well as a quantity of Suboxone and various paraphernalia, police said.
Noel, of Phillipsburg, and Coghlan, of Washington, were arrested and charged with several narcotics offenses.
5 Arrested In Atlantic County: Police Recover Gun, Cash, Drugs
Five people have been arrested in Atlantic County in connection with drug dealing, authorities said.
Members of the Atlantic City Police Department's Special Investigations Section executed a residential a warranted on Friday in the first block of south Florida Avenue, turning up drugs, cash and a handgun.
Justin Suarez, 35, of Atlantic City was arrested on multiple drug and money laundering charges along with two men and two women, according to Lt. Kevin Fair, a police department spokesman.
During the search of the residence, a storage area and the arrested individuals, detectives recover…
Paterson PD: Child Molester Caught Dealing, Over 600 Heroin Folds, Crack Vials Seized
Paterson police seized 480 heroin folds, 121 crack vials and more than $7,600 cash while arresting a registered sex offender who recently served five years in state prison on a gun conviction.
Narcotics detectives raided the 12th Avenue apartment on Wednesday after watching Jaquan Housey sell drugs, City Police Director Jerry Speziale said.
They arrested Housey, 31, and Jason West, 42, of Lawrence Street, who they said bought dozens of crack vials from him with the intention of reselling them.
Housey was released from state prison this past October after serving five years of a seven-year …
