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A simple Route 80 traffic stop for tinted windows and tailgating led to the arrests of two men driving with 360 pounds of marijuana from Canada to New York City, prosecutors said at a court hearing on Friday.
Highway police who arrested Shawn Porter and Jeremy Windoloski in Lodi last week allegedly noticed duffle bags packed away in the back of their Chevy Tahoe. Inside the bags were heat-sealed packages of marijuana with an estimated street value of $1.5 million, according to authorities.
Despite facing first-degree drug charges, a Superior Court judge on Friday ordered that Porter, 34, and Windoloski, 23, go free while their cases are pending. The pair had been held in Bergen County Jail since their arrests on April 27.
Detectives seize $1M worth of marijuana in N.J. stop, prosecutor says
Updated Apr 28, 2021;
Two men face charges after police found them with an estimated $1 million worth of marijuana during a traffic stop on Route 80 in Bergen County, authorities said Wednesday.
A driver, Shawn Porter, 34, of Etobicoke, Canada, and his passenger, Jeremy Windoloski, 23, of Hogansburg, New York, were each charged with possession with the intent to distribute marijuana over 25 pounds, according to Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella.
Members of the county narcotics task force on Tuesday pulled over the men as they traveled in an SUV on Route 80 in Lodi, authorities said.