Couple Found With Meth, Rifle During Route 3 Traffic Stop: Police

A routine traffic stop of a Chevrolet sedan led to drug and weapons offenses for a New York couple in Hudson County, authorities said.

Joshua Hakes.
Photo Credit: *Secaucus Police*

Cecilia Levine

02/22/2023 10:31 a.m.

Police spotted the 2017 Chevrolet Cruze driving on the white, dotted lane marker along Route 3 east for a significant distance around 4:55 p.m. on Tuesday, Feb. 21 in Secaucus, Police Chief Dennis Miller said.

Officers stopped the car and conducted a consensual search of the vehicle the Joshua Hakes, 39, and Diane Dziaba, 44, were riding in, Miller said. That's when they found a large quantity of methamphetamine, drug paraphernalia and a Remington Game Master Pump Action .243 caliber Rifle, the chief said.

Both Hakes and Dziaba, of Bath, NY, were arrested on drug and weapons offenses.

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