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Major NJ Drug Ring Smashed: Pounds Of Heroin, Fentanyl Seized, 14 Busted Major NJ Drug Ring Smashed: Pounds Of Heroin, Fentanyl Seized, 14 Busted
Major NJ Drug Ring Smashed: Pounds Of Heroin, Fentanyl Seized, 14 Busted Nearly three pounds of heroin and fentanyl were seized, along with three handguns, $70,000 in cash and more than $500,000 worth of jewelry in the takedown of a major North Jersey/New York City drug ring, authorities said. A U.S. Postal Service worker was among 14 people arrested as more than 100 local, county and federal law enforcers executed search warrants across Jersey City, Rahway and the Bronx, Hudson County Prosecutor Esther Suarez said.They also hit a Newark location where Suarez said the drugs were processed and packaged for sale. The ringleader, she said, was Charles King, 48, who…

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by Cecilia Levine
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8 Busted In Clifton, Hudson With 80 Pounds Of Pot, Weapons, $75,000 Cash -- And Gold 8 Busted In Clifton, Hudson With 80 Pounds Of Pot, Weapons, $75,000 Cash -- And Gold
8 Busted In Clifton, Hudson With 80 Pounds Of Pot, Weapons, $75,000 Cash -- And Gold Authorities seized more than 80 pounds of pot, along with weapons, $75,000 in cash -- and 100 grams of pure gold – while arresting eight accused members of a ring that they said put drugs on the street of Passaic and Hudson counties. Two other Clifton residents and four from North Bergen were among those charged in a joint probe by the Hudson County Prosecutor’s Narcotics Task Force and the Newark Office of Homeland Security Investigations. Besides the marijuana – worth an estimated $200,000 on the street -- authorities seized what Hudson County Prosecutor Esther Suarez said were “large qua…

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by Jerry DeMarco