Hasbrouck Heights man charged after feds seize 260 pounds of cocaine, loaded gun from luxury high-rise
The DEA launched an investigation in August 2026 targeting a drug trafficking organization moving cocaine through New York and New Jersey.
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A Bergen County man is facing federal charges after federal agents raided his Hasbrouck Heights home and uncovered a related stash house in a luxury high-rise in Queens containing more than 260 pounds of cocaine, according to prosecutors.
Glen Contreras, 40, of Hasbrouck Heights, and co-defendant Erick Marcano, 53, of the Bronx, were indicted in the Southern District of New York on charges of conspiring to distribute large quantities of narcotics across the tri-state area.
The arrests followed a Drug Enforcement Administration investigation that culminated in the seizure of approximately 120 kilograms of cocaine, a loaded handgun and tens of thousands of dollars in cash from properties in New Jersey and New York.
According to federal court filings, the DEA launched an investigation in August 2026 targeting a drug trafficking organization moving bulk shipments of cocaine through New York and New Jersey.
Investigators allege Contreras leased a high-end apartment in Long Island City, Queens, specifically to store the organization's narcotics stockpile. Surveillance footage captured in August showed Contreras and an accomplice moving boxes into the Queens building, according to the filings.
On Oct. 29, federal agents executed a warrant at Contreras' residence in Hasbrouck Heights, arrested him and seized approximately $40,000 in cash and a commercial currency counter.
Later that evening, agents searched the Queens high-rise apartment and recovered 120 kilograms of cocaine and a handgun with a loaded magazine. Marcano was arrested the following day after arriving at the apartment with a key fob in an attempt to dismantle surveillance cameras, according to prosecutors.
"Stash houses like the one in this case supply the drugs that devastate our communities," said U.S. Attorney Jamie McDonald. "As alleged, Glen Contreras kept approximately 120 kilograms of cocaine and a loaded handgun in a Queens luxury high-rise apartment. This operation kept a massive amount of deadly poison from getting onto the streets."
Contreras and Marcano are each charged with one count of conspiracy to distribute five kilograms or more of cocaine. The charge carries a mandatory minimum sentence of 10 years in prison and a maximum of life imprisonment.
Contreras faces an additional federal charge of possessing a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime, which carries an additional mandatory minimum sentence of five years in prison, to be served consecutively to any sentence on the conspiracy charge.
