$3 million in heroin seized, 8 arrested in 'historic' Union County bust - NJ.com
ELIZABETH — A month-long investigation by municipal, county and federal law enforcement agencies resulted in shutting down two heroin processing mills and the seizure of 5. 5 kilograms (4,300 bricks) of the drug with an estimated street value of... This is our largest seizure of heroin in the last decade in Union County," said acting Union County Prosecutor Grace Park. On Friday, police raided two locations, including a house on the 300 block of Richford Terrace in Linden and an office in a commercial building on the 2100 block of Morris Avenue in Union Township, just a block from the Union Township Police... Eight people were arrested, including William Camino, 35, of Elizabeth, who authorities said was directing the operations at the two drug mills. Law enforcement officers executed a search warrant in Linden, on the second-floor unit of a two-family home and found a heroin packaging operation in the kitchen of the residence. The people in the first-floor unit of the house were unaware of the drug operation, said Chief John McCabe of the prosecutor's office. A next-door neighbor confirmed police were at a two-family home on Richford Terrace from Friday morning until about 5 p. m. "There was all kinds of cars here, about six or seven cars," John Sirochman said. He said officers wore surgical masks and gloves as they entered the house on the tree-lined street in a neighborhood with neatly kept homes. Source: www.nj.com
