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$1.65M Worth Of Heroin, Coke, Crystal Meth Seized, Target Busted In Pair Of Paterson Raids
State, county and local authorities smashed a major drug mill, seizing $1.65 million worth of heroin, cocaine and crystal meth in a pair of quick-strike raids at Paterson locations only blocks apart.
Felix Rodriguez, 40, was running the drug mill from an apartment on East 26th Street when authorities came calling, a group of law enforcement officials led by New Jersey Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin said.
Tactical officers with the State Police and Passaic County Sheriff’s SWAT team simultaneously hit that location and Rodriguez’s 28th Street apartment, the attorney general said.
Altog…
Feds: NJ Ex-Con Caught With 1,000 Fentanyl Pills, 7 Pounds Of Meth, Guns, Ammo
A South Jersey ex-con with a lengthy history of drug-dealing arrests was busted in East Brunswick this week with 1,000 fentanyl pills, seven pounds of crystal meth and two handguns, federal authorities said.
Manuel A. Quinones, 47, of Pennsauken, was nabbed by a team of federal and state law enforcement officers who said they found the potentially-fatal fentanyl and the coke during a search of his car on Monday, Jan. 31.
They then obtained written consent to search his home, which U.S. Attorney for New Jersey Phillip R. Sellinger said turned up not only more drugs but also two firearms, amm…
1,544 Heroin Folds, Four Guns Seized, 10 People Busted In Paterson East Side Drug Strikes
Paterson police seized 1,544 heroin folds, a quarter-pound of crack and cocaine combined and 428 illegal pills while arresting several accused dealers -- one of whom was carrying two stolen guns, authorities said.
Narcotics Division detectives watched Tuesday as Doyan D. McDermott, 37, and Jeffrey Taylor, 39, assisted by Huntier Small, 38, served late-morning and early-afternoon drive-up customers outside their East 29th Street home, city Public Safety Director Jerry Speziale said.
After about 4½ hours, the investigators moved in.
They grabbed Small and McDermott, then chased down Taylor, …
Brick Police: Suspects Arrested With Crack, Heroin, Crystal Meth, Pills
Five people have been arrested in Brick Township on various drug-related charges, authorities said.
A "hand-to-hand" deal was observed by detectives late last month in the Briar Mills Apartment Complex. Investigators recovered heroin, crack and paraphernalia, they said.
Brian Vientos, 34, Jackson, was arrested in possession of heroin and crack, Brick police said. He was released on a summons with several drug and traffic charges.
During the same incident, Amanda Meklim, 34, of Jackson, was arrested and charged with possession of heroin, crack, prescripti…
Carlstadt PD: Hackensack Driver In Route 17 Chase Had Heroin, Coke, Crystal Meth, More
A Hackensack driver carrying a variety of illegal drugs raced along Route 17, cutting across three lanes several times, before surrendering to a pursuing Carlstadt police officer in Moonachie, authorities said.
Officer Matthew Bartlett tried pulling over the Honda Civic after driver Shavar Ingram, 34, improperly passed two vehicles and made an illegal left turn onto Paterson Avenue from Enoch Street, Police Chief Thomas Berta said.
Ingram kept going, speeding onto Route 17, before the pursuit finally ended on Berger Street, the chief said.
Berta said a search turned up various amounts of: …
