[From article]
31 individuals who were part of a drug operation that sold more than $1 million narcotics have been arrested after a 3-month long investigation. 518 bricks of heroin were seized in a raid on Sunday in connection with this investigation.
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Suspects from Newark, Belleville, Bloomfield, Boonton, Hopatcong, Clifton, Edgewater, Lyndhurst, North Arlington and Rutherford were arrested and charged with multiple narcotics offenses.
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The drug operation trafficked narcotics within the Route 21 corridor. 26 law enforcement agencies in Essex, Bergen, Middlesex, and Morris counties worked together to bring down the ring, according to a statement released today by the Essex County Prosecutor’s Office.
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Among those arrested was Michael Keeler, 41, of Rutherford, an employee of the U.S. Post Service; and Josephine Heatherly, 33, of North Arlington, an employee of the Youth Consultation Service, a nonprofit that provides assistance to parents and children in crisis.
More than $71,000 in currency and nine vehicles was among the assets seized during the Sunday morning arrests and searches, according to Essex County Prosecutor Carolyn A. Murray.
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The Sunday morning raids were made throughout Essex, Union, Sussex, Bergen, Middlesex, Morris and Passaic Counties.
http://patch.com/new-jersey/
Essex Police Bust New Jersey Drug Ring That Sold $1 Million in Heroin and Narcotics
26 law enforcement agencies worked together to take down this drug operation in several raids Sunday, confiscating 518 bricks of heroin.
By Emily Everson (Patch Staff)
Updated November 24, 2014 at 3:57 pm
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[From article]
uthorities have accused seven people in connection with two heroin mills that they said were run out of apartments in Paterson, New Jersey.
http://newyork.cbslocal.com/
Dozens Arrested In Newark, Paterson Heroin Busts
November 24, 2014 8:13 PM
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