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Bergen NJ Turnpike Stop: Kilo Of Coke Found In Secret Compartments, South Jersey Pair Busted
Bergen County prosecutor’s detectives found not one but two electronically-operated compartments holding more than two pounds of cocaine when they stopped two South Jersey men on the NJ Turnpike, authorities said.
They arrested the driver, identified as Pedro A. Luciano, 32, of Willingboro and Paul Harris, 35, of Camden, both unemployed, following Wednesday’s southbound Route 95 stop in Carlstadt near MetLife Stadium, Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said.
Luciano and Harris were charged with possession with the intent to sell a kilo of cocaine.
The Narcotics Task Force detectives se…
Authorities: NJ Turnpike Driver With Heroin Slumped Over Wheel Arrested At Home After Pursuit
A 42-year-old man who sped away from police officers who found him slumped over his steering wheel on the NJ Turnpike in Union County was arrested as his Central Jersey home, authorities said.
Mike Otto, 42, of Carteret, was charged with eluding, resisting arrest, obstruction, tampering with evidence, possession of CDS, possession of drug paraphernalia, and criminally under the influence, New Jersey State Police said in a release.
State Police Trooper Richard Maliszewski was patrolling the Turnpike when he observed a Chevy Silverado on the right shoulder, partially in the lane at milep…
