A Union City man is the second person charged in a narcotics bust at a 25th Street home where over 25 grams of cocaine, fentanyl pills, and drug paraphernalia was seized, authorities said.
By John Heinis/Hudson County View
Juan De Los Santos, 33, of Union City, is charged with possession with the intent to distribute cocaine, possession with the intent to distribute fentanyl, possession of drug paraphernalia with the intent to distribute, and possession with the intent to distribute cocaine within 500 feet of public property, according to Hudson County Prosecutor Esther Suarez.
He was arrested at the Hudson County Prosecutor’s Office in Secaucus yesterday and transported to the Hudson County Correction Facility pending his first court appearance.
During the morning hours of Tuesday, April 4th, members of the Hudson County Prosecutor’s Office Narcotics Task Force executed a court authorized search warrant at a 25th Street residence shared by De Los Santos and Angela Santana, 35, of Union City.
Upon making entry, Santana was found discarding suspected cocaine down a bathtub drain.
Santana was previously arrested and charged with possession with the intent to distribute cocaine, possession with the intent to distribute fentanyl, possession of drug paraphernalia with the intent to distribute, possession with the intent to distribute cocaine within 1,000 feet of a school, hindering apprehension, and tampering with physical evidence.
Investigators seized over 25 grams of cocaine, over a dozen fentanyl pills, and drug paraphernalia during the court authorized search of the apartment.
Suarez credited the Hudson County Prosecutor’s Office Narcotics Task Force with the investigation and arrests.
