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Ex-Con Dog Walker Had Pound Of Cocaine, Assault Rifle, More In NJ Turnpike Stop: Prosecutor Ex-Con Dog Walker Had Pound Of Cocaine, Assault Rifle, More In NJ Turnpike Stop: Prosecutor
Ex-Con Dog Walker Had Pound Of Cocaine, Assault Rifle, More In NJ Turnpike Stop: Prosecutor An ex-con dog walker from Hudson County had more than a pound of cocaine, an assault rifle and multiple high-capacity magazines in an electronically operated secret compartment of his SUV when he was stopped near the Meadowlands, authorities said. Detectives with the Bergen County Prosecutor's Narcotic Task Force stopped a 2009 Toyota Rav4 driven by Mervin Menier, 50, of Union City for speeding on the New Jersey Turnpike in Carlstadt this past Tuesday, Oct. 18. The investigators had been tipped off by the DEA that Menier was “transporting bulk shipments” of drugs and cash int…

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Enough Fentanyl To Kill 3.5 Million Users Seized, Baltimore Man Busted In North Jersey Enough Fentanyl To Kill 3.5 Million Users Seized, Baltimore Man Busted In North Jersey
Enough Fentanyl To Kill 3.5 Million Users Seized, Baltimore Man Busted In North Jersey Bergen County prosecutor’s detectives seized enough fentanyl to produce nearly 3½ million potentially fatal doses, along with enough heroin to fill more than 27,000 folds, while arresting a Baltimore man. Carlo Francisco Olivar Gomez, a 42-year-old painter by trade, was caught with more than 15 pounds of fentanyl and more than six pounds of heroin, Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said. According to the DEA, it takes only a single two-milligram dose of fentanyl to kill a person.  A pound of fentanyl can produce 226,796 two-milligram doses. Multiplying that by 15 pounds gives…

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Prosecutor: Stop Near GWB Turns Up 1,400 Heroin Folds Stashed In Dashboard, 2 Bronx Men Busted Prosecutor: Stop Near GWB Turns Up 1,400 Heroin Folds Stashed In Dashboard, 2 Bronx Men Busted
Prosecutor: Stop Near GWB Turns Up 1,400 Heroin Folds Stashed In Dashboard, 2 Bronx Men Busted Two Bronx men were stopped near the George Washington Bridge with 1,400 heroin folds stashed in a hidden dashboard compartment, authorities said. Detectives from Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella’s Narcotic Task Force arrested Felix A. Morel, a 23-year-old driving instructor, and Miguel A. Ferreira, a 25-year-old construction worker Tuesday on River Road in Edgewater. A search revealed an “electronically-operated hidden compartment, or ‘trap,’ in the vehicle’s dashboard,” Musella said. In addition to the 1,400 bags of dope, they found 4,000 empty folds ready for packaging, he said. Mo…

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