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Bergen Prosecutor: Queens Duo Popped With $400,000 Worth Of THC Oil, Pot
Bergen County prosecutor’s detectives and East Rutherford police busted two Queens men with $400,000 worth of concentrated THC oil and pot, authorities said Wednesday.
A Bergen County Sheriff’s K-9 alerted them to drugs in a vehicle occupied by Kyle Hilgendorf, 20, and Vincent Finizio, 28, that was stopped Monday, Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said.
Detectives obtained a warrant, searched the vehicle and found five pounds of marijuana 10 mason jars each filled with THC oil weighing nearly 10 pounds combined – enough to produce thousands of vape cartridges, Musella said Wednesday.
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Update: FedEx Driver Robbed, Police Nab Teaneck Suspect, 31, Who Waded Into Creek Near Route 80
"Give me the package or I'll f*** you up," a shoeless robber from Teaneck told a FedEx driver who was making a delivery in Hackensack on Tuesday, authorities said.
What followed was a massive manhunt and a police chase through a muddy creek that ended when police found Newon O. Byfield, 31, behind the nearby Hilton Hasbrouck Heights/Meadowlands.
And what was in the package? Marijuana, authorities suspect.
The shoeless Byfield approached the driver at a Polifly Road address and threatened him shortly after 12:30 p.m. Tuesday, Lt. Anthony DiPersia said.
The driver resisted, a struggle follo…
Lyndhurst PD: Officer Nabs Union City Driver With Pot-Infused Gummies, Candies, More
A Lyndhurst police officer busted a Union City driver with dozens of marijuana-infused candies, gummies and brownies, as well as a bag of pot, authorities said Tuesday.
Officer Anthony Giaquinto stopped an Infiniti driven by Fabian Figueroa, 41, on Riverside Avenue near Tontine Avenue around 9:45 p.m. Monday for having heavily tinted windows and an expired inspection sticker, Lt. Vincent Auteri said.
Approaching the car, Giaquinto immediately smelled a "strong and distinct" odor of raw pot, Auteri said.
He also spotted clear cylinder containers of pot-infused candies and a bag of marijuana…
Paterson Police Raid Same Fortified Drug Den A Second Time, Seize Heroin, Pot, Guns, Young Crew
Responding to frightened citizens, detectives raided a fortified drug den in an increasingly violent Paterson neighborhood, seizing 284 heroin folds, four pounds of pot and three guns while arresting 10 dealers – most of them 21 or younger, authorities said.
It was the second time in eight months that they'd hit the same Marion Street home, which is ringed with cameras that provide a view of the property in all directions.
Buyers came to the Marion Street home “at all times of the day and night,” which residents told police had been “disrupting their quality of life and placing them in fear…
