A Secaucus man was busted with a loaded handgun, cocaine, marijuana, and $22,700 after authorities recovered an abandoned backpack on Wednesday, Police Chief Dennis Miller announced.
By John Heinis/Hudson County View
On April 9th at approximately 1:11 p.m., an employee of the Xchange apartment complex alerted a police officer assigned to the Secaucus Police Annex (located in the same building) that a maintenance worker found a backpack near the 6000/8000 building on Riverside Station Boulevard, Miller said in a statement.
The police officer searched the abandoned backpack and discovered a Ruger .45 caliber handgun loaded with hollow point ammunition, including a round in the chamber, approximately 10 ounces of suspected cocaine and over one pound of suspected marijuana.
The Secaucus Police Anti-Crime Unit immediately assumed control of the investigation and learned the Secaucus PD had responded to a call for service to an apartment at 6000 Riverside Station Blvd in the early morning hours of Tuesday, April 8th.
During the course of the investigation, detectives determined the occupant of the unit, Josaih C. Agbo, discarded the backpack prior to officers arriving to his apartment.
Agbo was arrested near his place of residence by members of the Anti-Crime Unit and Secaucus Police K-9 Unit shortly after 7 p.m. on April 9th.
During a court authorized search of Agbo’s apartment, detectives seized approximately two ounces of suspected cocaine, approximately four pounds of suspected marijuana, two “high-capacity” handgun magazines, 100 Xanax pills, over 200 pills of Oxycodone, over 80 pills of Adderall, along with over $22,700 in cash.
Additionally, 45 credit cards, which are suspected to be fraudulent, were also seized.
Additionally, a court authorized search of Agbo’s Chevrolet Malibu was also conducted by Anti-Crime Unit detectives. During the search, over $2,700.00 in cash, over 290 pills of Oxycodone and over 60 pills adderall were seized.
“The proximity of our Police Annex at the Xchange complex allowed for an instantaneous response to this incident, but I am thankful that a child didn’t discover this loaded handgun first,” Miller said in a statement.
“I commend the detectives of the Anti-Crime Unit for their perseverance in discovering who discarded this handgun and drugs. The determination that members of the Secaucus Police Department possess to protect the residents of Secaucus and bring criminals to justice is what all law enforcement officers should aspire to emulate, and I am so proud to lead this organization.”
Josaih C. Agbo, 30, of Secaucus is charged with unlawful possession of a handgun, certain persons not to possess weapons, possession of firearm while committing a controlled dangerous substance offense, two counts of possession of high-capacity magazine, possession of hollow point ammunition, possession of handgun ammunition, four counts of possession of CDS, possession with the intent to distribute CDS, possession with the intent to distribute CDS, five counts of possession with intent to distribute CDS, two counts of possession with the intent to distribute CDS within 500 feet of Laurel Hill Park, two counts of Possession with intent to Distribute within 1,000 feet of High Tech High School, possession with the intent to distribute drug paraphernalia, two counts of money laundering, two counts of credit card theft, and endangering the welfare of a child.
As a result, he was processed and lodged in the Hudson County Correctional Facility.
Tips can be made by calling (201) 330-2049, emailed to spdtips@secaucusnjpolice.gov or submitted anonymously through the department’s website.
