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Besides the broken light, the 2006 Nissan Altima had an obstructed windshield view, Detective Sgt. Matthew Hoogmoed said.
So the officer pulled the sedan over on Goffle Road near Macfarlan Avenue around 9:15 p.m. last Friday, he said.
When the officer noticed a pot smell, 26-year-old driver told him that passengers had used the drug before in the car but that she didn’t, Hoogmoed said.
Asked where they were coming from, she told the officer that she and passenger Micah Parker, 27, of Kingston, had gone to Paterson’s White Castle and were headed home.
“The officer asked if they traveled approximately 80 miles just to get food,” Hoogmoed said, “to which the driver answered ‘yes’.”
The officer interviewed Parker, who admitted he had marijuana with him and that he gave the driver the heroin to hold, the sergeant said.
Parker was charged with possession and distribution of heroin, as well as possession of marijuana and drug paraphernalia, he said.
The driver, who was driving with a suspended license and no insurance, received several summonses, Hoogmoed said.
Both were released pending court dates.
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