Authorities: New Jersey cocaine bust nets 4 arrests, seizure of $500,000 of narcotics
Prosecutors say William Adrover Rodriguez was inside a room at Motel 6 in Lawrence Township with 5.1 kilograms of powder cocaine.
A major drug bust in Mercer County led to police seizing $500,000 worth of cocaine, prosecutors announced Tuesday.
Authorities say the Mercer County Narcotics Task Force received information from the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration that lead to a month-long investigation.
According to Mercer County prosecutors, law enforcement officials executed a search warrant at the Motel 6 in Lawrence Township on March 21. They say William Adrover Rodriguez, 38, was inside a room on the first floor with 5.1 kilograms of powder cocaine. The value of the confiscated narcotics is approximately $500,000, according to authorities.
Rodriguez was taken into custody. Authorities say three others involved in the conspiracy to distribute cocaine were also arrested nearby.
Rodriguez, of Galloway, Ohio, was charged with multiple first-degree narcotic offenses.
42-year-old Jamie Acevedo-Correa, of Riogrande, was charged with second-degree conspiracy.
46-year-old Manuel Castro Velazquez, 46, of Trenton, was charged with second-degree conspiracy.
34-year-old Elvin Perez-Medina, of Puerto Rico, was charged with second-degree conspiracy.
Authorities say the prosecutor’s office is filing motions to detain all four men pending trial.
