Police arrested 37-year-old Leon Henry and 36-year-old Kishon Woodall on Wednesday, July 31 after a two-month drug-dealing investigation, the department said in a news release. Detectives executed two search warrants at homes on the 1900 block of Caspian Avenue and the 500 block of Dr. Martin Luther King Boulevard.
Police seized five grams of cocaine, drug-dealing items, and two guns, one of which was stolen from Jacksonville, FL. Woodall also had several arrest warrants.
Henry was charged with two counts of unlawful possession of a weapon, two counts of unlawful possession of a weapon while committing a controlled dangerous substance offense, certain person not to possess a weapon, possession of an extended magazine, possession of a defaced firearm, receiving stolen property, possession of a controlled dangerous substance, possession of a controlled dangerous substance with intent to distribute, possession of controlled dangerous substance paraphernalia, and money laundering.
Woodall was charged with possession of a controlled dangerous substance, possession of a controlled dangerous substance with intent to distribute, possession of a controlled dangerous substance with intent to distribute within 500 feet of a public zone, possession of a controlled dangerous substance within 1,000 feet of a school zone, and possession of controlled dangerous substance paraphernalia.
The two men were held at the Atlantic County Justice Facility.
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