Officer John Tarantino spotted a fold of heroin “within immediate reach” of passenger Daniel S. Abdulla, 35, of Hawthorne as he approached the car just before 5:30 p.m. Nov. 12, Police Chief Dean Ackermann said.
A search turned up nine bags of the drug, an empty and a straw that Abdulla apparently used to snort the heroin, he said.
Abdulla was released pending a hearing on drug-related charges this Friday in Central Judicial Processing Court in Hackensack.
The driver, a 67-year-old New Milford woman identified as Abdulla’s mother, received a summons for tailgating, the chief said.
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