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Paterson Man Sentenced In $1M Heroin Trafficking Bust

PASSAIC, N.J. -- Ronald Carter, 38, of Paterson, will serve 12.5 to 26 years in state prison for trafficking more than $1 million worth of heroin, according to nj.com

Ronald Carter, 38, of Paterson, N.J. will serve 12.5 to 26 years in state prison for trafficking more than $1 million worth of heroin.

Ronald Carter, 38, of Paterson, N.J. will serve 12.5 to 26 years in state prison for trafficking more than $1 million worth of heroin.

Photo Credit: Monroe County District Attorney

He was sentenced Tuesday in Monroe County, Pa. for a January 2014 incident in which police stopped the rental car he was riding in and found about 65,000 individual packets of heroin in the truck, packaged for sale, nj.com reports.

The driver was acquitted of all charges, according to nj.com.

See nj.com for the full story.

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