The Hudson County Prosecutor’s Office Narcotics Task Force seize approximately two kilograms of cocaine as part of a weeks-long narcotics probe of a Harrison man.
By John Heinis/Hudson County View
Jose Estrada-Castillo, 60, of Harrison, is charged with possession with the intent to distribute (cocaine), possession with the intent to distribute within 500 feet of public property, possession with the intent to distribute within 1,000 feet of a school, and drug possession, Hudson County Prosecutor Esther Suarez said.
He was arrested in the area of Harrison Avenue and Third Street in Harrison and transported to the Hudson County Correctional Facility pending his first court appearance.
During the course of the investigation, approximately two kilograms of cocaine was seized. Estrada-Castillo was in possession of approximately 200 grams of cocaine at the time of his arrest.
Suarez credited the HCPO Narcotics Task Force and the United States Department of Homeland Security Investigations-Newark Office with the investigation and arrest.
