Bergen NJ Turnpike Stop: Kilo Of Coke Found In Secret Compartments, South Jersey Pair Busted
Bergen County prosecutor’s detectives found not one but two electronically-operated compartments holding more than two pounds of cocaine when they stopped two South Jersey men on the NJ Turnpike, authorities said.
They arrested the driver, identified as Pedro A. Luciano, 32, of Willingboro and Paul Harris, 35, of Camden, both unemployed, following Wednesday’s southbound Route 95 stop in Carlstadt near MetLife Stadium, Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said.
Luciano and Harris were charged with possession with the intent to sell a kilo of cocaine.
The Narcotics Task Force detectives se…
These Bergen County Towns Voted For Trump, Had Close Races
While Bergen County as a whole voted in favor of Joe Biden, six towns voted red for Republican U.S. President Donald Trump.
Several towns had very close races.
In Carlstadt, for example, Biden won by only 13 votes. In Old Tappan, Biden won by 66 votes. In Saddle Brook, Trump won by 18 votes.
The following towns voted for Trump in the 2020 Presidential Election, according to results posted by the Bergen County Board of Elections.
Emerson: 2,003 voters for Trump, 1,946 for Biden
Franklin Lakes: 3,265 for Trump, 2,516 for Biden
Saddle Brook: 2,954 for Trump,&n…
Prosecutor: Carlstadt Silencer Smuggler Had Guns, Ammo, Bullet-Proof Vests, More
An ironworker caught smuggling silencers from China had an arsenal of guns, high-capacity magazines and police-issued bulletproof vests in his Carlstadt home, authorities said.
Matthew Moran, 48, was released by a judge following his arrest on charges of possessing prohibited weapons and devices – namely: silencers.
Matthew Moran, 48, was “identified as a person of interest in receiving shipments of suppressors, also called silencers, meant to reduce the sound and muzzle flash generated from a gunshot,” Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said Saturday.
Moran was targeted during a joint…
Carlstadt PD: Officer Stops Driver Near Meadowlands With Coke, Xanax, Oxy, Pot, Cash
A Bronx food vendor had cocaine, Xanax, Oxycodone and pot in his car, along with $2,181 in suspicious cash, when a Carlstadt police officer stopped him near the Meadowlands, authorities said.
Officer Matthew Smith stopped the speeding vehicle after it drifted over the lane markers several times and driver Wilfredo A. Pacheco, 37, merged onto southbound Route 120 from Route 17 without properly signaling, Police Chief Thomas Berta said.
Smith “immediately detected an odor of marijuana” from inside the vehicle as he spoke with Pacheco, Berta said.
Pacheco admitted that he had a small amount …
