TRENTON, N.J. (AP) - An eight-month investigation in Newark has yielded several arrests in what authorities are calling a major drug ring.
Among the drugs seized on Wednesday in several raids were more than 111,000 bags of heroin valued at more than $330,000, plus cocaine and crack cocaine worth more than $75,000.
State police also seized 13 firearms including two AR-15s as well as $151,000 in cash and three vehicles.
Four Newark residents and one person from Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania were arrested and face multiple charges. All were being held at the Essex County Jail pending detention hearings.
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