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Heroin, Cocaine, Meth: Seven Men Arrested After Drug Raids, Atlantic City Police Say Heroin, Cocaine, Meth: Seven Men Arrested After Drug Raids, Atlantic City Police Say Heroin, Cocaine, Meth: Seven Men Arrested After Drug Raids, Atlantic City Police Say
Heroin, Cocaine, Meth: Seven Men Arrested After Drug Raids, Atlantic City Police Say Seven people were arrested after two drug production facilities were dismantled in Atlantic City, authorities said. Officers began investigating on Thursday, Feb. 20, after receiving information Sefereno Castro, a 39-year-old Atlantic City resident, was selling heroin from a vehicle in Renaissance Plaza on the 1500 block of Atlantic Ave, Atlantic City police said. When approached by detectives, Castro locked himself in his vehicle and refused to come out, police said. He eventually exited and was taken into custody, where he was found to be in possession of 100 individual bags of heroin, po…
SWAT, FBI, Police Raid Convenient Store Selling Marijuana SWAT, FBI, Police Raid Convenient Store Selling Marijuana SWAT, FBI, Police Raid Convenient Store Selling Marijuana
SWAT, FBI, Police Raid Convenient Store Selling Marijuana A convenient store in South Jersey was found to be selling marijuana, authorities said. On Tuesday, May 23, Pleasantville police with the assistance of the Atlantic County Regional SWAT team and the FBI, made a warranted search on a store called The Gas Station at 18 North Main St., Pleasantville police said. The search warrant was the result of an extensive investigation into the illegal selling of marijuana, said Captain Stacey Schlachter, a Pleasantville police spokeswoman. The investigation began from numerous citizen complaints in reference to the The Gas Stat…
Hudson County Heroin, Fentanyl Mill Takedown Nets 3 Arrests: State Police Hudson County Heroin, Fentanyl Mill Takedown Nets 3 Arrests: State Police Hudson County Heroin, Fentanyl Mill Takedown Nets 3 Arrests: State Police
Hudson County Heroin, Fentanyl Mill Takedown Nets 3 Arrests: State Police More than 38 grams of heroin and fentanyl were seized in the takedown of a drug production facility in Hudson County and lower Bergen, authorities said. An investigation into Richard Stroman Jr., 38, of North Arlington, began last May when police were tipped off to a drug mill being run out of a West New York home, New Jersey State Police said. Stroman had been using a home in Union City to support the operation, police said. Jose Acosta, 37, of Hoboken, and Miguel Carrasco-Lara, 35, of Lyndhurst, were identified as members of the network, police said. On June 24, detectives executed …
Raid Of Bayonne Drug Lab Turns Up LSD, MDMA, 12 Pot Plants, Prosecutor Says Raid Of Bayonne Drug Lab Turns Up LSD, MDMA, 12 Pot Plants, Prosecutor Says Raid Of Bayonne Drug Lab Turns Up LSD, MDMA, 12 Pot Plants, Prosecutor Says
Raid Of Bayonne Drug Lab Turns Up LSD, MDMA, 12 Pot Plants, Prosecutor Says A Bayonne man was arrested on a slew of charges following a raid of his drug production facility Monday, authorities said. A search of 39-year-old William Milner's Mechanic Street home turned up  123 grams of MDMA, approximately five grams of 2C-B, a small quantity of DMT, LSD and 12 marijuana plants, Hudson County Prosecutor Esther Suarez said. Members of the the Hudson County Prosecutor’s Office Narcotics Task Force searched Milner's home around 12:45 p.m. and he was taken into custody on several drug and distribution charges, Suarez said. Prosecutor Suarez credited member…
Fentanyl, Heroin, Cocaine, Pot Seized In Camden Bust, NJ State Police Say Fentanyl, Heroin, Cocaine, Pot Seized In Camden Bust, NJ State Police Say Fentanyl, Heroin, Cocaine, Pot Seized In Camden Bust, NJ State Police Say
Fentanyl, Heroin, Cocaine, Pot Seized In Camden Bust, NJ State Police Say Authorities seized 36 pounds of fentanyl, heroin, cocaine and marijuana in a recent South Jersey drug-dealing bust. Four people were arrested after authorities seized more than $350,000 in cocaine, fentanyl, heroin and marijuana as well as nearly $51,000 cash, a stolen handgun and three vehicles, state police said.  The arrests in Camden and Gloucester Township came after a 17-month investigation involving local, state, county and federal law enforcement authorities. Warranted searches were made by police on March 30 at a home in Gloucester Township and three other residences in Camde…
Brick Couple Arrested For Producing Hallucinogens, Dealing 'Magic Mushrooms' Brick Couple Arrested For Producing Hallucinogens, Dealing 'Magic Mushrooms' Brick Couple Arrested For Producing Hallucinogens, Dealing 'Magic Mushrooms'
Brick Couple Arrested For Producing Hallucinogens, Dealing 'Magic Mushrooms' An overseas package of hallucinogens led federal and local law enforcement officers to arrest a Brick Township couple on multiple drug production and distribution charges, authorities said. Patrick Fasano, 31, and Maria Fasano, 27, both have been charged with operating a controlled dangerous substance production facility, possession of firearms and multiple drug-dealing and possession charges, according to Ocean County First Assistant Prosecutor Michael T. Nolan. After the U.S. Department of Homeland Security intercepted a suspicious package from the Netherlands -- which was addre…
Attorney: Man Charged In West Orange Meth Bust Is Innocent Attorney: Man Charged In West Orange Meth Bust Is Innocent Attorney: Man Charged In West Orange Meth Bust Is Innocent
Attorney: Man Charged In West Orange Meth Bust Is Innocent An attorney for one of two men charged following a raid on what authorities said was a major methamphetamine production facility said his client is not guilty of the charges brought against him.  Eduardo Martinez "has maintained from the get-go that he was not involved in the production or distribution of meth," attorney Jef Henninger of Clifton said Wednesday.  Last week Essex County Sheriff's officers spearheaded a search at a home on Lorelei Road in West Orange. Authorities say they recovered methamphetamine with a street value of about $1 million, drug-production materials and…
UPDATE: Second Arrest Made In Million-Dollar Meth Lab Bust UPDATE: Second Arrest Made In Million-Dollar Meth Lab Bust UPDATE: Second Arrest Made In Million-Dollar Meth Lab Bust
Update: Second Arrest Made In Million-Dollar Meth Lab Bust UPDATE, Aug. 1: A second suspect has been arrested in connection with the raid. Click here for more.  Original story is below:  A home on a quiet suburban street in West Orange served as a major drug-production facility where authorities found more than 4,000 grams of methamphetamine, Essex County Sheriff Armando Fontoura said Tuesday.  Authorities had been investigating for months prior to the raid Monday night, when neighbors saw SWAT and Essex County HazMat personnel encircling 1 Lorelei Road.  The sheriff's office spearheaded an investigation that also involved pol…
Bergen Prosecutor: Investigators Raid Mini Heroin Factory Near Fairview School, Bust Couple Bergen Prosecutor: Investigators Raid Mini Heroin Factory Near Fairview School, Bust Couple Bergen Prosecutor: Investigators Raid Mini Heroin Factory Near Fairview School, Bust Couple
Bergen Prosecutor: Investigators Raid Mini Heroin Factory Near Fairview School, Bust Couple Investigators arrested a Fairview couple who they said were producing heroin for sale at a home up the street from an elementary school. Jose R. Ulloa, 30, and Stephanie Picinich, 28, were charged with narcotics drug counts, including maintaining or operating a drug-production facility. The investigation leading to Wednesday's warranted raid on the Day Avenue ranch house near Lincoln Elementary School -- and a block from the borough Board of Education building -- began last month, Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said. A judge the next day ordered both Ulloa and Picinich released with…