Six Busted When Paterson Raid Turns Up Gun, Illegal Magazine, THC, Edibles Six Busted When Paterson Raid Turns Up Gun, Illegal Magazine, THC, Edibles
Six Busted When Paterson Raid Turns Up Gun, Illegal Magazine, THC, Edibles Paterson drug detectives found a handgun, a high-capacity magazine and an assortment of pot-related contraband – including dozens of THC cartridges and nearly three pounds of edibles – while arresting six people, authorities said. They also seized a reported $3,361 in suspected drug cash in a raid on a first-floor Union Avenue apartment, Public Safety Director Jerry Speziale said Friday. Arrested were residents Christian “Bris” Morales, 27, and Aurelia Radovic, 25, along with visitors Ahmed Yasin, 24, and Angela Dalba, 23, both of Clifton, Speziale said. All were charged with possession of…
Bergen Prosecutor: Drug-Dealing Quartet From Englewood, Teaneck Snared In SWAT Raid Bergen Prosecutor: Drug-Dealing Quartet From Englewood, Teaneck Snared In SWAT Raid
Bergen Prosecutor: Drug-Dealing Quartet From Englewood, Teaneck Snared In SWAT Raid Three accused dealers from Englewood and one from Teaneck were nabbed with crack, pot, cocaine and Oxy during a coordinated series of raids, authorities said. A Bergen County Regional SWAT Team hit homes and vehicles on West Street, Genessee Avenue and Liberty Road in Englewood and American Legion Drive in Teaneck, Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said. Besides various amounts of drugs, members of the prosecutor’s Narcotic Task Force members seized $3,449 in alleged drug proceeds, Musella said. The defendant with the cash, 33-year-old Roy Theodore of Englewood, tossed crack out the wi…
Citizens Cheer: Hackensack Police, SWAT Team Raid Drug Den, Bust 10 Citizens Cheer: Hackensack Police, SWAT Team Raid Drug Den, Bust 10
Citizens Cheer: Hackensack Police, SWAT Team Raid Drug Den, Bust 10 Relieved residents of a Hackensack neighborhood praised police for smashing an open-air drug market on their street, arresting 10 people in the process and seizing an assortment of drugs, packaging materials – along with a 9mm handgun. Hackensack Narcotics Bureau detectives summoned the Bergen County Regional SWAT team to help hit the home at 181 Berdan Place, which had been the scene of previous shootings, assaults and other crimes. Detective Reuven Lyak initiated the investigation “after receiving numerous complaints from residents and tipsters regarding an open-air drug market and ongoin…
UPDATE: Duo In Million-Dollar Meth Bust Now Facing Federal Charges UPDATE: Duo In Million-Dollar Meth Bust Now Facing Federal Charges
Update: Duo In Million-Dollar Meth Bust Now Facing Federal Charges UPDATE, Aug. 6: The two men arrested last week have been charged in federal court. Click here for more.  Another suspect believed to be involved with a large methamphetamine operation based in a West Orange home was arrested in Maplewood, Essex County Sheriff Armando Fontoura said Wednesday.  Police and sheriff's officers raided the Lorelei Road home Tuesday and seized meth with a street value of about $1 million, Fontoura said. They also arrested Brian Chedahackembruch, 23, who was at the home at the time of the raid. He's accused of running a meth production facility, among…
UPDATE: Second Arrest Made In Million-Dollar Meth Lab Bust UPDATE: Second Arrest Made In Million-Dollar Meth Lab Bust
Update: Second Arrest Made In Million-Dollar Meth Lab Bust UPDATE, Aug. 1: A second suspect has been arrested in connection with the raid. Click here for more.  Original story is below:  A home on a quiet suburban street in West Orange served as a major drug-production facility where authorities found more than 4,000 grams of methamphetamine, Essex County Sheriff Armando Fontoura said Tuesday.  Authorities had been investigating for months prior to the raid Monday night, when neighbors saw SWAT and Essex County HazMat personnel encircling 1 Lorelei Road.  The sheriff's office spearheaded an investigation that also involved pol…
Irvington Drug Mill Sold ‘Branded’ Heroin That Killed Dozens: AG Irvington Drug Mill Sold ‘Branded’ Heroin That Killed Dozens: AG
Irvington Drug Mill Sold ‘Branded’ Heroin That Killed Dozens: AG Authorities raided an Irvington apartment Tuesday that was used to prepare heroin for sale on the street, with doses stamped with “brand names” like Dunkin Donuts and American Greed, Attorney General Gurbir S. Grewal said. Also on Tuesday, four people were arrested for their alleged involvement with the operation, which sold drugs believed to be responsible for 33 overdose deaths and more than 90 overdoses in total. Numerous law enforcement agencies from across North Jersey assisted in the investigation that led to Tuesday’s raid on a second-floor apartment at 214 Eastern Parkway, where au…