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The investigation led law enforcement officials to the Motel 6 in Lawrence Township the evening of March 21. Detectives executed a search warrant and located William Adrover Rodriguez inside a room on the first floor with approximately 5.1 kilograms of powder cocaine, according to Mercer County Prosecutor Angelo J. Onofri
The street value of the confiscated narcotics is approximately $500,000, Onofri said.
Rodriguez was taken into custody without incident.
Three additional individuals involved in the conspiracy to distribute cocaine were arrested nearby..
William Adrover Rodriguez, 38, of Galloway, Ohio, is charged with multiple first-degree narcotic offenses. Jamie Acevedo-Correa, 42, of Riogrande, NJ, Manuel Castro Velazquez, 46, of Trenton, NJ, and Elvin Perez-Medina, 34, of Puerto Rico, are each charged with second-degree conspiracy.
The prosecutor’s office is filing motions to detain all four men pending trial.
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