New Jersey State Police confiscated several million dollars worth of heroin and fentanyl – enough for almost 500,000 doses of the drugs – in the culmination of a three-year investigation, officials said Wednesday.
Authorities said they busted four opioid mills in Paterson – at 150 Harrison St., 92 Manchester Ave., 292 West Railway Ave., and 200 Godwin Ave. – as well as one in Garfield at 91 Jewel St.
The brand names stamped on the opioid packets connected to the operation have been linked to 109 drug deaths and 143 non-fatal overdoses in the past several years, officials said.
State officials said 21 people were indicted on first degree drug crimes because of the investigation. But 10 of those individuals remain fugitives, according to authorities.
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“Drug dealers profit, while people in our state suffer,” said New Jersey Attorney General Matthew Platkin during a press conference in Newark on Wednesday to announce the indictments.
Officials at the event did not provide any information about where the street-level drug sales connected to the drug mills were taking place.
This article originally appeared on NorthJersey.com: NJ State Police seize heroin and fentanyl in huge drug bust
