Prosecutor: 3 busted with 2.5 kilos of cocaine with $125k street value in Weehawken

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Three men were busted with two-and-a-half kilograms of cocaine with a street value of about $125,000 in Weehawken yesterday, Hudson County Prosecutor Esther Suarez announced.

From left to right: Christopher Gonzalez, John Perez, and Nicolas Mora-Diaz. Photos courtesy of the Hudson County Prosecutor’s Office.

By John Heinis/Hudson County View

Yesterday, members of the HCPO Municipal Task Force and Narcotics Task Force, the Hudson County Regional SWAT Team, Homeland Security Investigations, and the Union City Police Department arrested Nicolas Mora-Daza, 24, of Union City, Christopher Gonzalez, 33, of Union City and John Perez, 31, of Weehawken regarding the sale of illegal drugs, Suarez said in a statement.

The arrests were made following a one-month investigation involving the sale of cocaine to an undercover officer on multiple dates and a court authorized search warrant of a residence in Weehawken resulting in the recovery of approximately two-and-a-half kilograms of cocaine with an estimated street value of $125,000.

Mora-Daza is charged with distribution (cocaine), possession with the intent to distribute, five counts of possession with the intent to distribute within 500 feet of public property, five counts of possession with the intent to distribute within 1,000 feet of a school, conspiracy to distribute, resisting arrest, three counts of distribution, and two counts of possession with the intent to distribute.

Additionally, Gonzalez is charged with possession with the intent to distribute (cocaine), possession with the intent to distribute within 500 feet of public property, conspiracy to distribute, and resisting arrest.

Finally, Perez was charged with first-degree possession with the intent to distribute (cocaine), third-degree possession with the intent to distribute, possession with the intent to distribute within 500 feet of public property, conspiracy to distribute and resisting arrest.

The defendants were transported to the Hudson County Correctional Facility pending their first court appearance.

Suarez credited the Hudson County Prosecutor’s Office Task Force, the Hudson County Regional SWAT Team, Homeland Security Investigations, the Weehawken Police Department, the Union City Police Department and the UCPD K-9 Unit with the investigation and arrests.


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