Cocaine, Gun, $15K Seized In Plainfield Bust, Prosecutor Says

A new task force created by the Union County Prosecutor's Office assisted Plainfield police in an investigation that authorities said turned up a large amount of cocaine and led to one arrest.

A raid at a Plainfield apartment last week turned up a large cocaine stash, authorities said
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Paul Milo

12/04/2019 12:55 p.m.

Detective Michael Metz of the Plainfield Police Division last week led a team that executed a search warrant last week at an apartment in the 800 block of East Front Street. Authorities found 780 grams of cocaine in plastic bags, a loaded .357-caliber revolver, $15,000 in cash, as well as a scale and other drug paraphernalia, the prosecutor's office said .

Juan Carlos Franco, 39, was charged with possession with intent to distribute, possession of a weapon during the execution of a drug scheme and five other narcotics-related offenses.

Franco was being held at the Union County jail. He faces 10 to 20 years in prison on the possession charge alone, if convicted.

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