Juan Carlos Nunez-Perez, 27, of Bozeman, Montana had the 60 kilos of coke – worth an estimated $3 million on the street – in his vehicle at the Capri Inn on Valley Road off Bergen Turnpike, they said.
Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said detectives with his Narcotics Task Force found the drugs during a warranted search on Tuesday.
They were assisted by the U.S. Homeland Security Investigations (Newark), Little Ferry police and the Bergen County Regional SWAT Team, the prosecutor said.
Nunez-Perez remained held in the Bergen County Jail pending a first appearance in Central Judicial Processing Court.
He’s charged with possession with the intent to distribute cocaine.
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