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Police Raid Home Of Accused Phillipsburg Drug Dealer

An accused drug dealer is sitting in a Warren County jail cell after police said they found meth, crack, and heroin while raiding his Phillipsburg home, officials announced. 

Police said they recovered heroin, crack, and meth while raiding the Phillipsburg home of accused drug dealer John J. Russell.

Police said they recovered heroin, crack, and meth while raiding the Phillipsburg home of accused drug dealer John J. Russell.

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A team of local police, county detectives, and state troopers executed search warrants at a property on the 400 block of Marshall Street and on a 2022 Chevrolet, County Prosecutor James Pfeiffer said in a statement. 

In addition to the drugs, investigators claimed they recovered drug paraphernalia and a .38 caliber handgun loaded with hollow-point bullets during the search. 

Thirty-nine-year-old John J. Russell is now charged with several drug trafficking felonies, weapons offenses for the gun and the hollow-point ammo, and one count of obstruction, according to the prosecutor. 

The raid followed a three-week investigation by various law enforcement agencies, he added. 

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