Four people were busted in Secaucus with 2 kilograms of cocaine, 125 grams of fentanyl, and over $6,000 cash, Hudson County Prosecutor Esther Suarez announced.
By John Heinis/Hudson County View
On Wednesday, July 19th, four individuals were arrested in Secaucus following a months long investigation by the Hudson County Prosecutor’s Office Narcotics Task Force and the Drug Enforcement Administration – New Jersey Division, Suarez said in a statement.
During the course of the investigation, over two kilograms of cocaine – with a street value of approximately $65,000 – over 125 grams of fentanyl – with a street value of more than $9,000 – and over $6,000, suspected proceeds from narcotics transactions, were seized.
Franklin Rodriguez-Liberto, 40, of Jersey City, is charged with three counts possession with the intent to distribute (fentanyl), a separate count for fentanyl possession, conspiracy to distribute (fentanyl), distribution of fentanyl, possession with the intent to distribute (fentanyl, possession with the intent to distribute (cocaine), conspiracy to distribute (cocaine), money laundering, and possession with the intent to distribute (marijuana).
Richard Pena-Rodriguez, 37, of Union City, is charged with conspiracy to distribute (fentanyl) and conspiracy to distribute (cocaine).
Steven Reyes, 44, of North Bergen, is charged with conspiracy to distribute (cocaine), as is
Christopher Delacruz, 24, of New York.
All four defendants were arrested on Mill Creek Drive in Secaucus and transported to the Hudson County Correctional Facility pending their first court appearances.
The charges are the result of multiple narcotics transactions that occurred in Secaucus and Kearny between April 2023 and July 2023.
Suarez credited the Hudson County Prosecutor’s Office Narcotics Task Force, the Drug Enforcement Administration – New Jersey Division, the Elizabeth Police Department, the United States Department of Homeland Security Investigations – Newark, Hudson County Regional SWAT, the Secaucus Police Department K9 Unit, and the Bayonne Police Department K9 Unit with the investigation and arrests.
