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A barber shop and used car lot were fronts for a large-scale North Jersey drug trafficking ring, said authorities who seized nearly 21 pounds of fentanyl, 7½ pounds of cocaine, a loaded gun and more while arresting 20 people in Hudson, Bergen, Essex and Union counties.
Nearly two dozen locations in New Jersey and New York were raided and nearly four pounds of meth, more than a pound and a half of fentanyl and $118,395 in cash were seized by a team headed by the Hudson County Prosecutor’s Narcotics Task Force working with federal Homeland Security Investigations and the NYPD, they said Wednesday.
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A barber shop and used car lot were fronts for a large-scale North Jersey drug trafficking ring, said authorities who seized nearly 21 pounds of fentanyl, 7½ pounds of cocaine, a loaded gun and more while arresting 20 people in Hudson, Bergen, Essex and Union counties.
Nearly two dozen locations in New Jersey and New York were raided and nearly four pounds of meth, more than a pound and a half of fentanyl and $118,395 in cash were seized by a team headed by the Hudson County Prosecutor’s Narcotics Task Force working with federal Homeland Security Investigations and the NYPD, they said Wednesday.
Hudson County View
The Hudson County Prosecutor’s Office Narcotics Task Force, Homeland Security Investigations, and the New York Police Department, along with many other law enforcement partners, arrested 20 people, recovered $1 million worth of drugs, and $118,395 in cash as part of a massive bust.
By John Heinis/Hudson County View
In addition to the arrests, officers seized more than 9,400 grams of fentanyl, more than 3,400 grams of cocaine, more than 1,700 grams of methamphetamine, more than 800 grams of fentanyl pills, approximately 8 grams of heroin, and a loaded firearm, Hudson County Prosecutor Esther Suarez said in a statement.
The operation’s ring leader and a major supplier of cocaine, fentanyl and heroin in Northern New Jersey – Juan Tejada of Union City – has been charged along with his intricate web of nearly two dozen associates.
Hudson Reporter
Hoboken police find $10,000 worth of Meth; arrest NYC man. ×
Hoboken police officers arrested and charged a New York man after they found approximately $10,000 worth of Methamphetamine in a rental car.
According to the Hoboken Police Department, on Wednesday, Jan. 20 at about 9:56 p.m., Sergeant Luke Zeszotarski and Officer Arturo Gonzalez were dispatched to meet the owner of a vehicle who found illegal drugs inside the vehicle.
The owner rents his vehicles through a phone application called Getaround.
On Jan. 20, the vehicle was towed by Getaround from New York City to Hoboken, because Getaround believed the vehicle had been abandoned.
Hudson County View
Nancy Flores. Photo courtesy of the Hoboken Police Superior Officers Association.
By John Heinis/Hudson County View
The Hoboken Police Department is seeking the public’s help to locate a woman who went missing near the Light Rail station on Christmas.
Nancy Flores was last seen around 1 p.m. on Christmas Day near Hoboken’s Light Rail station on 2nd Street. She is about five feet four inches tall and weighs approximately 140 to 150 pounds, according to the Hoboken Police Superior Officers Association.
She also may be wearing either black or red glasses.
Anyone with any information regarding her whereabouts should contact Police Det. John Quinones at 201-420-2100.